Sulfur passivation of GaSb(100) surfaces: Comparison of aqueous and alcoholic sulfide solutions using synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 15996-16004

  Lebedev, Mikhail V ^a   Kunitsyna, Ekaterina V ^a   Calvet, Wolfram ^b   Mayer, Thomas ^b   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^b  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEVICE OPTIMIZATION; NATIVE OXIDE LAYER; PASSIVATION LAYER; SULFUR PASSIVATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS;

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; PASSIVATION; PROPANOL; SOLUTIONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84881433569     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401942p     Document Type: Article

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