First-principles study of valence band offsets at ZnSnP2/CdS, ZnSnP2/ZnS, and related chalcopyrite/zincblende heterointerfaces

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hinuma, Yoyo ^a   Oba, Fumiyasu ^a   Nose, Yoshitaro ^a   Tanaka, Isao ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-OFFSET ENGINEERING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; HETERO-INTERFACES; HYBRID DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; VALENCE BAND OFFSETS;

ALLOYS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CALCULATIONS; CERIUM ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; ZINC SULFIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84882376841     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4816784     Document Type: Article

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