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Isolation of Temperature Effects on the Kinetics of Light Induced Defect Generation in a-Si:H

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

L. Benatar ,
M. Grimbergen ,
A. Fahrenbruch ,
A. Lopez-Otero ,
D. Redfield  and
R. Bube
L. Benatar
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford, CA 94305–2205
M. Grimbergen
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford, CA 94305–2205
A. Fahrenbruch
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford, CA 94305–2205
A. Lopez-Otero
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford, CA 94305–2205
D. Redfield
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford, CA 94305–2205
R. Bube
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford, CA 94305–2205
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Abstract

Data are presented here that show the effects of temperature on the kinetics of metastable defect formation in undoped a-Si:H over the range 45°-110°C. CPM (Constant Photocurrent Method), photoconductivity, and dark conductivity measurements were made and provide independent checks of the defect generation behavior. A stretched exponential description of defect formation as a function of time was used to fit the CPM defect density data. The stretched exponential time constant, τSE, is thermally activated with an apparent activation energy of 1 eV, a value that agrees well with data for defect anneal and solar cell degradation. The data indicate that thermal terms are not negligible for temperatures as low as 45°C, and therefore should be included in any model of the kinetics of defect formation. The role of adistribution of anneal energies and the regimes of dominance of thermal and optical rate terms are discussed in the context of the model.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 258: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology – 1992 , 1992 , 461
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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