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Electrical and optical properties of copper indium ditelluride crystals grown from near-stoichiometric compositions

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CuInTe2 crystals grown by zone-leveling of nominally stoichiometric material are highly p-type. The net acceptor density is reduced by in-diffusion of zinc which acts as a donor impurity. Zinc-annealed crystals transmit in the infrared and exhibit an absorption edge at 0.92 eV.

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Davis, J.G., Bridenbaugh, P.M. & Wagner, S. Electrical and optical properties of copper indium ditelluride crystals grown from near-stoichiometric compositions. J. Electron. Mater. 7, 39–45 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02656019

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