Interface States in the metal-CdSe interfaces

ORAL

Abstract

CdSe, a potential material for hybrid solar cells, has a well known reconstruction at the surface which removes the surface states. Using Density Functional Theory (DFT) we explore what happens to the now-removed surface states when CdSe is interfaced with two different metals, Al and Au. We compare and contrast this with the interfaces of a pristine unreconstructed CdSe surface with the two metals.

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Authors

  • Michelle Tomasik

    • MIT

  • Jeffrey Grossman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
    • MIT

  • Varadharajan Srinivasan

    • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research