Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2012-02-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
CdTe can be made semi-insulating by shallow donor doping. This is routinely done to obtain high resistivity in CdTe-based radiation detectors. However, it is widely believed that the high resistivity in CdTe is due to the Fermi level pinning by native deep donors. The model based on shallow donor compensation of native acceptors was dismissed based on the assumption that it is practically impossible to control the shallow donor doping level so precisely that the free carrier density can be brought below the desired value suitable for radiation detection applications. In this paper, we present our calculations on carrier statistics and energetics of shallow donors and native defects in CdTe. Our results show that the shallow donor can be used to reliably obtain high resistivity in CdTe. Since radiation detection applications require both high resistivity and good carrier transport, one should generally use shallow donors and shallow acceptors for carrier compensation and avoid deep centers that are effective carrier traps.
Biswas Koushik
Du Mao-Hua
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