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First-principles study of the vacancy defects in ZnIn2Te4 and CdIn2Te4

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  • Bing Wu

    (School of Physical Science and Technology & Jiangsu Key, Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, P. R. China)

  • Gang Wang

    (School of Physical Science and Technology & Jiangsu Key, Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, P. R. China)

  • Jun Hu

    (School of Physical Science and Technology & Jiangsu Key, Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, P. R. China†School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P. R. China)

Abstract

First-principles calculations were carried out to study the stability and electronic properties of native vacancy defects in the semiconducting ZnIn2Te4 (ZIT) and CdIn2Te4 (CIT). The Zn/Cd and In vacancies are acceptor defects, while the Te vacancy is donor defect. However, the In and Te vacancies dominate in the n-type and p-type semiconducting environments, respectively. The Te vacancy is not excited, so it could not compensate the majority of free carriers. The In vacancy prefers to be excited, which generates free hole carriers to compensate the majority of electron carriers. The Zn vacancy is rare in a typical semiconducting environment. Furthermore, all the vacancies induce localized defect states which may be trap centers for the free carriers. Accordingly, these native vacancy defects are destructive for the development of solar cells based on ZIT and CIT, so they should be avoided as much as possible during the growth process.

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  • Bing Wu & Gang Wang & Jun Hu, 2021. "First-principles study of the vacancy defects in ZnIn2Te4 and CdIn2Te4," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 32(12), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:32:y:2021:i:12:n:s0129183121501667
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183121501667
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