Empirical Correlations Between the Arrhenius’ Parameters of Impurities’ Diffusion Coefficients in CdTe Crystals

Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-109

  Shcherbak, L ^a   Kopach, O ^a   Fochuk, P ^a   Bolotnikov, A E ^b   James, R B ^b  

^a CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhenius equation; CdTe; compensation effect; impurities diffusion; Meyer Neldel rule

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

ARRHENIUS; CDTE; COMPENSATION EFFECTS; IMPURITIES DIFFUSION; MEYER-NELDEL RULES;

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES;

EID: 84925507487     PISSN: 15477037     EISSN: 18637345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11669-015-0364-8     Document Type: Article

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