Mutual passivation of electrically active and isovalent impurities.

Mutual passivation of donors and isovalent nitrogen in GaAs.

We study the mutual passivation of shallow donor and isovalent N in GaAs. We find that all the donor impurities, SiGa, GeGa, SAs, and SeAs, bind to N in GaAs:N, which has a large N-induced band-gap reduction relative to GaAs. For a group-IV impurity such as Si, the formation of the nearest-neighbor SiGa-NAs defect complex creates a deep donor level below the conduction band minimum (CBM). The c...

Conductance, surface traps, and passivation in doped silicon nanowires.

We perform ab initio calculations within the Landauer formalism to study the influence of doping on the conductance of surface-passivated silicon nanowires. It is shown that impurities located in the core of the wire induce a strong resonant backscattering at the impurity bound state energies. Surface dangling bond defects have hardly any direct effect on conductance, but they strongly trap bot...

Comparison of Radiation Damage in Silicon Induced by Proton and Neutron Irradiation

The subject of radiation damage to silicon detectors induced by 24-GeV/c protons and nuclear reactor neutrons has been studied. Detectors fabricated on single-crystal silicon enriched with various impurities have been tested. Significant differences in electrically active defects have been found between the various types of material. The results of the study suggest for the first time that the ...

Electrically and Electrochemically Active Composite Based on Polyester/Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polypyrrole with Remarkable Washing Durability

Titanium Impurities in Silicon, Diamond, and Silicon Carbide

Since transition metal impurities affect the electronic and optical properties of semiconductors [1], it is important to understand the role of such unavoidable impurities on those properties. At the same time, transition metals in semiconductors can be used in other unusual situations. The energy levels related to transition metal impurities are aligned with respect to each other for the same ...