STUDY OF THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ZINC-BLENDE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS: TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE DEPENDENCES
2011 ◽
Vol 25
(12n13)
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pp. 1041-1051
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Keyword(s):
The Mean
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Using the statistical moment method (SMM), the temperature and pressure dependences of thermodynamic quantities of zinc-blende-type semiconductors have been investigated. The analytical expressions of the nearest-neighbor distances, the change of volumes and the mean-square atomic displacements (MSDs) have been derived. Numerical calculations have been performed for a series of zinc-blende-type semiconductors: GaAs , GaP , GaSb , InAs , InP and InSb . The agreement between our calculations and both earlier other theoretical results and experimental data is a support for our new theory in investigating the temperature and pressure dependences of thermodynamic quantities of semiconductors.