Anisotropic hole-mass tensor of CuIn1-xGax(S,Se)(2) : Presence of free carriers narrows the energy gap

• Analysis of the band edges of CuIn1-xGax (S, Se)(2) with x= 0.0, 0.5, and 1.0 reveals that (i) CuIn1-xGaxS2 has larger effective electron m(c) and hole m(v) masses than CuIn1-xGaxSe2; (ii) whereas Ga content affects band curvatures only slightly, the sign of the crystal- field split Delta(cf) as well as the spin-orbit coupling affect my strongly; (iii) the optical response epsilon(2) (h omega) is comparable for all six compounds; and (iv) band filling of electrons (n= 10(19) cm(-3)) and holes (p=n) narrows the band gap by E-g approximate to E-g(0)- 0.1 eV and generates an optical band gap of E-g(opt) approximate to E-g+ 0.2 eV.

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cuinse2

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