Mg acceptor energy levels in Alx Iny Ga1-x-y N quaternary alloys: An approach to overcome the p -type doping bottleneck in nitrides

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Fei ^a   Li, Jingbo ^a   Li, Shu Shen ^a   Xia, Jian Bai ^a   Wei, Su Huai ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 41449105788     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.113202     Document Type: Article

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