Nonisovalent Si-III-V and Si-II-VI Alloys: Covalent, Ionic, and Mixed Phases

Pauls Stradins, Joongoo Kang, Ji-Sang Park, Su-Huai Wei

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Abstract

Nonequilibrium growth of Si-III-V or Si-II-VI alloys is a promising approach to obtaining optically more active Si-based materials. We propose a new class of nonisovalent Si2AlP (or Si2ZnS) alloys in which the Al-P (or Zn-S) atomic chains are as densely packed as possible in the host Si matrix. As a hybrid of the lattice-matched parent phases, Si2AlP (or Si2ZnS) provides an ideal material system with tunable local chemical orders around Si atoms within the same composition and structural motif. Here, using first-principles hybrid functional calculations, we discuss how the local chemical orders affect the electronic and optical properties of the nonisovalent alloys.

Original languageAmerican English
Article numberArticle No. 045203
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume96
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jul 2017

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© 2017 American Physical Society.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-5J00-68898

Keywords

  • first-principles calculations
  • photovoltaic absorbers
  • physical systems
  • semiconductor compounds

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