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Electronic structure of divacancy–hydrogen complexes in silicon

J Coutinho1, V J B Torres1, R Jones2, S Öberg3 and P R Briddon4

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Divacancy–hydrogen complexes (V2H and V2H2) in Si are studied by ab initio modelling using large supercells. Here we pay special attention to their electronic structure, showing that these defects produce deep carrier traps. Calculated electrical gap levels indicate that V2H2 is an acceptor, whereas V2H is amphoteric, with levels close to those of the well known divacancy. Finally our results are compared with the available data from deep level transient spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance experiments.


PACS

61.72.J- Point defects and defect clusters

71.15.Dx Computational methodology (Brillouin zone sampling, iterative diagonalization, pseudopotential construction)

71.15.Mb Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections

71.55.Cn Elemental semiconductors

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Semiconductors

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 39 (8 October 2003)

Received 7 August 2003

Published 19 September 2003



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