Band or polaron: The hole conduction mechanism in the p-Type spinel Rh 2ZnO 4

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-274

  Nagaraja, Arpun R ^a   Perry, Nicola H ^a   Mason, Thomas O ^a   Tang, Yang ^a   Grayson, Matthew ^a   Paudel, Tula R ^b   Lany, Stephan ^b   Zunger, Alex ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION MECHANISM; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; EFFECTIVE DENSITY OF STATE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES THEORY; FOUR-POINT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-FIELD; HOLE CONDUCTION; HOLE CONDUCTOR; HOLE LOCALIZATION; IN-SITU; LARGE EFFECTIVE; OXIDE SPINELS; P-TYPE; POLARON CONDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF-TRAPPED HOLES; SMALL POLARONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THERMOPOWER MEASUREMENTS; TRANSPORT ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; ZNO;

HALL EFFECT; HALL MOBILITY; POLARONS; RHODIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 84855400899     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04771.x     Document Type: Article

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