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Photocurrent in Microcrystalline Hydrogenated Silicon P-I-N Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Fernandesi ,
M. Vieirai ,
A. Maqarico ,
S. Koynov ,
A. Fantoni  and
R. Schwarz
M. Fernandesi
Affiliation:
Electronics Department, ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emidio Navaro, P-1900 Lisboa, Portugal
M. Vieirai
Affiliation:
Electronics Department, ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emidio Navaro, P-1900 Lisboa, Portugal
A. Maqarico
Affiliation:
Electronics Department, ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emidio Navaro, P-1900 Lisboa, Portugal
S. Koynov
Affiliation:
CL-SENES, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
A. Fantoni
Affiliation:
FCT/UNL, Quinta da Torre, P-2825 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
R. Schwarz
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, IST, Av. Rovisco Pais, P-1096 Lisboa, Portugal
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Abstract

The photocurrent delivered by microcrystalline hydrogenated silicon p-i-n devices and the spectral response are analysed under different applied bias voltage. The spectral response is extended far beyond 900 nm. Under reverse bias the spectral response is high and essentially unchanged while under increasing forward bias it decreases continuously. For forward bias higher than the open circuit voltage, the usual reversal of the spectral response is not observed and the photocurrent remains negative and almost independent of the bias voltage. A heterojunction model based on the presence of additional local electric fields near the grain boundaries is presented to explain this behaviour. Those fields lead to a strong increase of the recombination at the grain boundaries decreasing the contribution from the photogenerated carriers for the secondary photocurrent. Reverse bias restores the electric field at the interfaces minimizing the influence of the local barriers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 507: Symposium A – Amorphous & Microcrystalline Silicon Technology 1998 , 1998 , 193
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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