OPTICAL-ABSORPTION AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN CU-III-VI2 COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS AT HIGH-PRESSURE

被引:39
作者
GONZALEZ, J
RINCON, C
机构
[1] Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida
关键词
band structure; high pressure; optical absorption; phase transitions; Ternary chalcopyrite semiconductors;
D O I
10.1016/0022-3697(90)90070-V
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
The optical absorption edge of CuInTe2, CuGaS2 and CuGaSe2 single crystals was measured as a function of hydrostatic pressure up to 20 GPa. In all cases the energy gap increases with pressure. From the data the pressure dependence of the energy gap ( dEg dP) was determined as 22 meV GPa-1 for CuInTe2, 40 meV GPa-1 for CuGaS2 and 50 meV GPa-1 for CuGaSe2. From changes in the light transmission characteristic of the samples under pressure, structural first-order transitions were observed at 2.8 GPa for CuInTe2, 16.5 GPa for CuGaS2 and 13.6 GPa for CuGaSe2. Also, a new metastable semiconducting phase was formed in pressure-quenched CuGaS2 samples. © 1990.
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页码:1093 / 1097
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