IDENTIFICATION OF DEFECTS IN AMORPHOUS-SILICON

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作者
REDFIELD, D
BUBE, RH
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[1] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.464
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Defects in amorphous Si:H are identified by a new atomic model encompassing built-in defects and light-induced defects. The model consists of a metastable localized center having an atom with two possible sites, as in the Chadi and Chang model for DX centers in crystalline GaAs. Specific rehybridizations for two-site atoms produce changes in charge state and bonding that explain a wide range of effects, including n-type or p-type doping or compensation, the Staebler-Wronski effect and its variations with doping, quench-induced defects, and defect spin. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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