Density functional theory study of the VmN2On (m,n = 1, 2) complexes in silicon

Stavros Christopoulos; Efstratia N. Sgourou; Alexander Chroneos; Charalampos A. Londos

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Density functional theory study of the V_mN₂O_n (m,n = 1, 2) complexes in silicon

Stavros Christopoulos, Efstratia N. Sgourou, Alexander Chroneos, Charalampos A. Londos

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Nitrogen is an important impurity in Czochralski grown silicon (Cz–Si) as it enhances oxygen precipitation through the formation of vacancy–nitrogen–oxygen clusters and in particular the V_mN₂O_n complexes. Here, we employ density functional theory (DFT) to predict the structure of V_mN₂O_n (m,n=1, 2). We report that the lowest energy V_mN₂O_n(m,n=1, 2) defects are very strongly bound. These results are consistent, and support the previously reported theoretical and experimental conclusions that V_mN₂O_n structures could form.

Original language	English
Article number	2350035
Journal	Modern Physics Letters B
Volume	37
Issue number	14
Early online date	11 Apr 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984923500355
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2023

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