Electronic origin of the conductivity imbalance between covalent and ionic amorphous semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Deng, Hui Xiong ^a   Wei, Su Huai ^a   Li, Shu Shen ^b   Li, Jingbo ^b   Walsh, Aron ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875717286     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.125203     Document Type: Article

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