Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 42, Numéro C4, Octobre 1981
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors
Page(s) C4-133 - C4-136
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1981425
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors

J. Phys. Colloques 42 (1981) C4-133-C4-136

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1981425

ELECTRONIC STATES IN AMORPHOUS GERMANIUM CHALCOGENIDES

J. Ma¡ek and B. Velický

Institute of Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia


Abstract
We used Bethe lattice to represent the ideal network of amorphous GeS, GeSe and GeTe with coordination 4 : 2 and calculated corresponding densities of electronic states. Good results were obtained for Harrison Hamiltonian. Further study of a-GeS showed that localized states arise from various bonding defects. On the other hand, the actual arrangement of the chemically ordered lattice has only little effect on the density of valence states.