A first-principles approach to investigating the effects of Be, Mg and Zn on intrinsic n-type GaN systems

Author(s)
Sung-Ho Lee, Jeong Ho Ryu, Yoon-Suk Kim, Yongsoo Oh, Yong-Chae Chung
Abstract

The effects of p-type dopants on the structural and electronic properties of n-type intrinsic GaN systems were investigated using a first-principles approach. Nitrogen vacancies and oxygen substitutions were intentionally used to obtain an n-type intrinsic GaN system. The formation energy of the Be-doped n-type intrinsic GaN system based on nitrogen vacancies depended strongly on concentration, with a maximum energy difference of 4.87 eV. The incorporation of metallic cations (Be, Mg, and Zn) led to the formation of a p-type GaN system with desirable electronic properties that were attributed to charge transfer from partially occupied Ga-, N-, and O-s states to the p states of the metallic cations.

Organisation(s)
Computational Materials Physics
External organisation(s)
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Hanyang University
Journal
Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
Volume
11
Pages
273-276
No. of pages
4
ISSN
1229-9162
Publication date
2010
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103009 Solid state physics, 103015 Condensed matter, 103025 Quantum mechanics, 103036 Theoretical physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/96b7993e-08f1-410f-a922-8a1ff5cd34e3