Electronic structure of boron doped diamond: An x-ray spectroscopic study

The valence and conduction band electronic structure of boron-doped diamond has been measured using soft x-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy. The experimental results reveal p-type doping in the diamond film through the appearance of states in the band-gap. Structure distortion was observed a...

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Autores: Glans, P. A., Learmonth, T., Smith, K. E., Ferro, S., De Battisti, A., Mattesini, Maurizio, Ahuja, R., Guo, J. H.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/88296
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/88296
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Diamond
Doping
Elemental semiconductors
Boron
X-ray spectroscopy
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Resumo:The valence and conduction band electronic structure of boron-doped diamond has been measured using soft x-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy. The experimental results reveal p-type doping in the diamond film through the appearance of states in the band-gap. Structure distortion was observed around the doping center, while the long range order of the diamond structure remains. A chemically shifted C 1s level explains why one of the absorption features seems to appear below the valence band maximum. An excitonic feature was observed in the boron-doped diamond, similar to that observed in pure diamond, indicating that the exciton binding energy remains the same upon B-doping. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.