Zinc cadmium phosphide arsenide

<p>Zinc cadmium phosphide arsenide (<a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">Zn</a>-<a href="/facts/Cadmium/wXkV2eIX">Cd</a>-<a href="/facts/Phosphorus/27xCeIqs">P</a>-<a href="/facts/Arsenic/k1c4f44D">As</a>) is a quaternary system of group II (<a href="/facts/IUPAC/2AV6myCK">IUPAC</a> <a href="/facts/Group_12_element/z8aB00Ih">group 12</a>) and group V (IUPAC <a href="/facts/Group_15_element/jX4hvCkK">group 15</a>) elements. Many of the <a href="/facts/Inorganic/TfFfzxSz">inorganic</a> <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">compounds</a> in the system are <a href="/facts/List_of_semiconductor_materials/RMcsYTWQ">II-V</a> <a href="/facts/Semiconductor_material/zFf3mGTE">semiconductor materials</a>. The quaternary system of II3V2 compounds, (Zn1−xCdx)3(P1−yAsy)2, has been shown to allow <a href="/facts/Solid_solution/Mla7z8dc">solid solution</a> continuously over the whole compositional range. This material system and its subsets have applications in <a href="/facts/Electronics/E4JhgISq">electronics</a>, <a href="/facts/Optoelectronics/0SCr9px0">optoelectronics</a>, including <a href="/facts/Photovoltaics/5Xefaayl">photovoltaics</a>, and <a href="/facts/Thermoelectric_effect/GbRYmwIG">thermoelectrics</a>.
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Zinc cadmium phosphide arsenide open-in-new

Zinc cadmium phosphide arsenide