Ab initio estimate of temperature dependence of electrical conductivity in a model amorphous material: Hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Abtew, T A ^a   Zhang, Mingliang ^a   Drabold, D A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447543145     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.045212     Document Type: Article

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