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Role Of Hydrogen And Hydrogen Complexes In Doping Of Gan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Jörg Neugebauer  and
Chris G. Van de wallei
Jörg Neugebauer
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304 Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4–6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Chris G. Van de wallei
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304
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Abstract

We have calculated electronic structure, energetics and migration for hydrogen and hydrogen complexes in GaN employing state-of-the-art first-principles calculations. Using these results in combination with previous detailed investigations about native defects we have calculated the concentration of hydrogen and dopants for different growth conditions. Our results reveal a fundamental difference in the behavior of hydrogen in p-type and n-type material. In particular, we explain why hydrogen has little effect on donor impurities and why H concentrations are low in n-type GaN. We discuss why hydrogen is beneficial for acceptor incorporation in GaN, and identify the limitations of this process.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 423: Symposium E – III-Nitride, SiC, and Diamond Materials for Electronic , 1996 , 619
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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