Phase diagrams between Zn and III-V compounds were investigated in order to develop new acceptor diffusion sources. On the basis of thermodynamic data and experimental studies of the Cd-Ga-As and Cd-In-P phase diagrams, it was found that Zn3Cd3B2 and ZnCdB2 were suitable acceptor sources in that they did not erode the semiconductor surface.

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