Effect of charge carriers on the barrier height for vacancy formation on InP„110... surfaces
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We determine the energy barrier height for the formation of positively charged phosphorus vacancies in InP~110! surfaces using the rate of formation of vacancies measured directly from scanning tunneling microscope images. We found a barrier height in the range of 1.15–1.21 eV. The barrier height decreases with increasing carrier concentration. These results are explained by a charge separation during the vacancy formation process. © 2000 American Institute of Physics. @S0003-6951~00!02027-1#
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