Fingerprints of two distinct defects causing light-induced photoconductivity degradation in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 3080-3082

  Heck, Stephan ^a   Branz, Howard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000048848     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1413719     Document Type: Article

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