Energy-level dynamics of deep gap states in hydrogenated amorphous silicon under illumination

被引:8
作者
Arkhipov, VI [1 ]
Adriaenssens, GJ [1 ]
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[1] MOSCOW ENGN PHYS INST,MOSCOW 115409,RUSSIA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 54卷 / 23期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.54.16696
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Relaxation dynamics of deep defects, recently observed in modulated photocurrent and electron drift measurements, are explained in terms of random temporal fluctuations of localized-state energies. The fluctuations can be caused by a randomly changing microscopic configuration of excess charge carriers or by carrier annihilation processes. A model is developed which leads to dependences of the thermal emission energy upon temperature and optical bias, in good agreement with existing experimental data.
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页码:16696 / 16700
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