Indium nitride

Indium nitride

Names
Other names Indium(III) nitride
Identifiers
CAS Number	25617-98-5 Y
ChemSpider	105058 Y
Jmol 3D model	Interactive image
PubChem	117560
InChI InChI=1S/In.N Y Key: NWAIGJYBQQYSPW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y InChI=1/In.N/rInN/c1-2 Key: NWAIGJYBQQYSPW-QCNKTVRGAR
SMILES [In]#N
Properties
Chemical formula	InN
Molar mass	128.83 g/mol
Appearance	black powder
Density	6.81 g/cm3
Melting point	1,100 °C (2,010 °F; 1,370 K)
Solubility in water	hydrolysis
Band gap	0.65 eV (300 K)
Electron mobility	3200 cm2/(V.s) (300 K)
Thermal conductivity	45 W/(m.K) (300 K)
Refractive index (nD)	2.9
Structure
Crystal structure	Wurtzite (hexagonal)
Space group	C46v-P63mc
Lattice constant	a = 354.5 pm, c = 570.3 pm
Coordination geometry	Tetrahedral
Vapor pressure	{{{value}}}
Related compounds
Other anions	Indium phosphide Indium arsenide Indium antimonide
Other cations	Boron nitride Aluminium nitride Gallium nitride
Related compounds	Indium gallium nitride Indium gallium aluminium nitride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Indium nitride (InN) is a small bandgap semiconductor material which has potential application in solar cells and high speed electronics.

The bandgap of InN has now been established as ~0.7 eV depending on temperature (the obsolete value is 1.97 eV). The effective electron mass has been recently determined by high magnetic field measurements , m*=0.055 m₀.

Alloyed with GaN, the ternary system InGaN has a direct bandgap span from the infrared (0.69 eV) to the ultraviolet (3.4 eV).

Currently there is research into developing solar cells using the nitride based semiconductors. Using one or more alloys of indium gallium nitride (InGaN), an optical match to the solar spectrum can be achieved. The bandgap of InN allows a wavelengths as long as 1900 nm to be utilized. However, there are many difficulties to be overcome if such solar cells are to become a commercial reality: p-type doping of InN and indium-rich InGaN is one of the biggest challenges. Heteroepitaxial growth of InN with other nitrides (GaN, AlN) has proved to be difficult.

Thin layers of InN can be grown using metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD).

Superconductivity

Thin polycrystalline films of indium nitride can be highly conductive and even superconductive at liquid helium temperatures. The superconducting transition temperature T_c depends on each samples film structure and carrier density and varies from 0 K to about 3 K. With magnesium doping the T_c can be 3.97 K. The superconductivity persists under high magnetic field (few teslas) that differs from superconductivity in In metal which is quenched by fields of only 0.03 tesla. Nevertheless, the superconductivity is attributed to metallic indium chains or nanoclusters, where the small size increases the critical magnetic field according to the Ginzburg–Landau theory.

See also

• Indium(III) oxide