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Contact barrier heights are reported for twelve metals on zinc phosphide (Zn3P2). The results do not show a simple dependence on metal work function, but correlate with a chemical heat of reaction indicating the importance of chemical bonding at the metal/semiconductor interface.
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Wyeth et al. (1980) studied this question.
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