Strain effects on band structure of wurtzite ZnO: A GGA + U study

Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Qiao, Liping ^a,b   Chai, Changchun ^a   Yang, Yintang ^a   Yu, Xinhai ^a   Shi, Chunlei ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIZANG MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

band gap; electron mass; splitting energies

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; ZINC SULFIDE;

ELECTRON MASS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; HEAVY-HOLE BANDS; HOLE EFFECTIVE MASS; SPLITTING BANDS; SPLITTING ENERGY; STRESS INCREASE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84904123312     PISSN: 16744926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/7/073004     Document Type: Article

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