p-Type conductivity of GeTe: The role of lone-pair electrons

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 249, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1902-1906

  Kolobov, Alexander V ^a   Fons, Paul ^a   Tominaga, Junji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Phase change materials; Polyamorphism; Polyvalency; Structure

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ATOMS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRONS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TELLURIUM;

BONDING GEOMETRY; CHALCOGENIDE ALLOY; CO-EXISTENCE; LONE PAIR ELECTRONS; P TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; POLYAMORPHISM; POLYVALENCY;

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84867206632     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201200434     Document Type: Article

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