Wide InP Nanowires with wurtzite/zincblende superlattice segments are type-II whereas narrower nanowires become type-I: An atomistic pseudopotential calculation

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4055-4060

  Zhang, Lijun ^a   Luo, Jun Wei ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a   Akopian, Nika ^b   Zwiller, Val ^b   Harmand, Jean Christophe ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electron hole separation; nanowire superlattice; type II type I transition

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION STRENGTH; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; INP; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANOWIRE SUPERLATTICE; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL CALCULATION; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; STRUCTURAL PHASIS; TYPE II; WURTZITES; ZINC-BLENDE;

ELECTRONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUPERLATTICES; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77958051332     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl102109s     Document Type: Article

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