Impact of local composition on the energetics of E-centres in Si1−xGex alloys

Stavros Christopoulos; Navaratnarajah Kuganathan; Alexander Chroneos

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47385-0

Impact of local composition on the energetics of E-centres in Si1−xGex alloys

Stavros Christopoulos, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Alexander Chroneos

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The energetics of the defect chemistry and processes in semiconducting alloys is both technologically and theoretically significant. This is because defects in semiconductors are critical to tune their electronic properties. These processes are less well understood in random semiconductor alloys such as silicon germanium as compared to elementary semiconductors (for example silicon). To model the random silicon germanium alloy we have employed density functional theory calculations in conjunction with the special quasirandom structures model for different compositions. Here we show that, the energetics of substitutional phosphorous-vacancy pairs (E-centres) in Si1−xGex alloys vary greatly with respect to the local Ge concentration and the composition of the alloy. The most energetically favourable E-centres have a Ge atom as a nearest neighbour, whereas the dependence of the binding energy of the E-centres with respect to alloy composition is non-linear.

Original language	English
Article number	10849
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47385-0
Publication status	Published - 26 Jul 2019

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