The kinetics of carbon pair formation in silicon prohibits reaching thermal equilibrium

oleh: Peter Deák, Péter Udvarhelyi, Gergő Thiering, Adam Gali

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01

Deskripsi

Computational search for defect centers in semiconductors typically assumes that the defects realize the most thermodynamically stable configuration. Here the authors demonstrate, for a complex defect in silicon, that this is not always the case if the kinetics of defect formation is taken into account.