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Title: Point defect reduction in wide bandgap semiconductors by defect quasi Fermi level control

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [1]
  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7919, USA, Adroit Materials, Inc., 2054 Kildaire Farm Rd., Cary, North Carolina 27518, USA
  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7919, USA
  3. Adroit Materials, Inc., 2054 Kildaire Farm Rd., Cary, North Carolina 27518, USA
  4. Engineering Science Directorate, Army Research Office, P.O. BOX 12211, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27703, USA
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USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1332017
Grant/Contract Number:  
AR0000299
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 120 Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Reddy, P., Hoffmann, M. P., Kaess, F., Bryan, Z., Bryan, I., Bobea, M., Klump, A., Tweedie, J., Kirste, R., Mita, S., Gerhold, M., Collazo, R., and Sitar, Z. Point defect reduction in wide bandgap semiconductors by defect quasi Fermi level control. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4967397.
Reddy, P., Hoffmann, M. P., Kaess, F., Bryan, Z., Bryan, I., Bobea, M., Klump, A., Tweedie, J., Kirste, R., Mita, S., Gerhold, M., Collazo, R., & Sitar, Z. Point defect reduction in wide bandgap semiconductors by defect quasi Fermi level control. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967397
Reddy, P., Hoffmann, M. P., Kaess, F., Bryan, Z., Bryan, I., Bobea, M., Klump, A., Tweedie, J., Kirste, R., Mita, S., Gerhold, M., Collazo, R., and Sitar, Z. Mon . "Point defect reduction in wide bandgap semiconductors by defect quasi Fermi level control". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967397.
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title = {Point defect reduction in wide bandgap semiconductors by defect quasi Fermi level control},
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year = {Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016},
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