Oxygen vacancy in monoclinic HfO2: A consistent interpretation of trap assisted conduction, direct electron injection, and optical absorption experiments

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Broqvist, Peter ^a   Pasquarello, Alfredo ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FERMI LEVEL; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

CHARGE STATES; OXYGEN VACANCY; TRAP ASSISTED CONDUCTION;

HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846096369     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2424441     Document Type: Article

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