Enhancement of non-geminate electron-hole pair recombination induced by strong electric field in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H):: effective-temperature concept

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Aoki, T. [1 ]
Ohrui, N. [1 ]
Fujihashi, C. [1 ]
Shimakawa, K. [2 ]
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[1] Tokyo Polytech Univ, Grad Sch Elect Engn, Joint Res Ctr Hightechnol, Atsugi, Kanagawa 2430297, Japan
[2] Gifu Univ, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Gifu 5011193, Japan
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10.1080/09500830701666188
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Experimental evidence for field-induced enhancement of non-geminate, i.e. distant-pair (DP), recombination and shortening of the DP lifetime, tau D, by almost two orders of magnitude, is given for undoped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) subjected to a strong electric Field, F, up to 100kVcm(-1) at a temperature T= 3.7 K. The interplay between the T- and F-dependences of the lifetime tau D is interpreted on the basis of the effective-temperature theory developed for the high-field hopping transport of charge carriers in disordered materials at low T. The results indicate that the DP recombination event is closely connected to transport phenomena in a-Si:H.
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