Determining the nonparabolicity factor of the CdO conduction band using indium doping and the Drude theory

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 42, 2012, Pages

  Mendelsberg, Rueben J ^a,b   Zhu, Yuankun ^a,c   Anders, André ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; BURSTEIN-MOSS SHIFT; CATHODIC ARC; DAMPING PARAMETERS; DRUDE THEORY; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTRON MEAN FREE PATH; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; GRAIN SIZE; HALL MEASUREMENTS; INDIUM DOPING; MODEL DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; NON PARABOLICITY; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTION BANDS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867269437     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/42/425302     Document Type: Article

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