Identification and design principles of low hole effective mass p-type transparent conducting oxides

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hautier, Geoffroy ^a   Miglio, Anna ^a   Ceder, Gerbrand ^b   Rignanese, Gian Marco ^a   Gonze, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; OXIDE;

DESIGN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOBILITY; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEVICES; ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84883126425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3292     Document Type: Article

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