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Electron and Hole Conductivity in CuInS2
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
  • David C. Look, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • Jose C. Manthuruthil
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1976
Abstract

Single crystals of CuInS2 have been grown from the melt and annealed in In or S to produce good n- or p-type conductivity, respectively. Two donor levels, one shallow and one deep (0.35 eV), and one acceptor level at 0.15 eV are identified. The hole-mobility data are best fitted with an effective mass , which can be explained by simple, two band . theory if the valence band has appreciable d character. Above 300°K, the hole mobility falls rapidly, evidently due to multiband conduction and/or interband scattering between the nondegenerate and degenerate valence bands. The conduction band mobility appears to be dominated, in many samples, by large concentrations ( >1018cm−3) of native donors and acceptors, which are closely compensated.

DOI
10.1016/0022-3697(76)90157-8
Citation Information
David C. Look and Jose C. Manthuruthil. "Electron and Hole Conductivity in CuInS2" Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Vol. 37 Iss. 2 (1976) p. 173 - 180 ISSN: 0022-3697
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_look/470/