A Comprehensive Analytical Model for Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) Devices: A Solar Cell Application

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 1446-1454

  Ho, Fat Duen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Imtidad Ramsis ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

BARRIER HEIGHT; METAL INSULATOR SEMICONDUCTOR (MIS) DEVICES; SUBSTRATE THICKENING; THIN OXIDES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0027646634     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.223704     Document Type: Article

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