Novel phase diagram behavior and materials design in heterostructural semiconductor alloys

Aaron M. Holder; Sebastian Siol; Paul F. Ndione; Haowei Peng; Ann M. Deml; Bethany E. Matthews; Laura T. Schelhas; Michael F. Toney; Roy G. Gordon; William Tumas; John D. Perkins; David S. Ginley; Brian P. Gorman; Janet Tate; Andriy Zakutayev; Stephan Lany

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Novel phase diagram behavior and materials design in heterostructural semiconductor alloys

Aaron M. Holder¹,²,*,
Sebastian Siol¹,†,
Paul F. Ndione¹,
Haowei Peng¹,‡,
Ann M. Deml³,
Bethany E. Matthews⁴,
Laura T. Schelhas⁵,
Michael F. Toney⁵,⁶,
Roy G. Gordon⁷,
William Tumas¹,
John D. Perkins¹,
David S. Ginley¹,
Brian P. Gorman³,
Janet Tate⁴,
Andriy Zakutayev¹ and
Stephan Lany¹,*

¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
²Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
³Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
⁴Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
⁵Applied Energy Programs, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
⁶Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
⁷Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: aaron.holder{at}nrel.gov (A.M.H.); stephan.lany{at}nrel.gov (S.L.)

↵† Present address: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
↵‡ Present address: Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.

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Science Advances 07 Jun 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 6, e1700270
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700270

Aaron M. Holder

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.

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Sebastian Siol

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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Paul F. Ndione

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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Haowei Peng

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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Ann M. Deml

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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Bethany E. Matthews

Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

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Laura T. Schelhas

Applied Energy Programs, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

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Michael F. Toney

Applied Energy Programs, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

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Roy G. Gordon

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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William Tumas

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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John D. Perkins

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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David S. Ginley

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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Brian P. Gorman

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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Janet Tate

Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

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Andriy Zakutayev

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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Stephan Lany

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

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