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Title: Why does silicon have an indirect band gap?

Journal Article · · Materials Horizons
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MH01038H · OSTI ID:2507373
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  1. Department of Materials Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
  2. Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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A new strategy to trace the chemical bonding origins of band structure explains silicon's unusual low-symmetry conduction band minimum.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
2507373
Journal Information:
Materials Horizons, Journal Name: Materials Horizons Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 12; ISSN 2051-6347; ISSN MHAOAL
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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