Excitons in silicon diodes and solar cells: A three-particle theory

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 195-203

  Corkish, Richard ^a   Chan, Daniel S P ^a,b   Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; DARK SATURATION CURRENTS; DIFFUSION LENGTH; MINORITY CARRIERS; THREE PARTICLE THEORY;

BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 0029751442     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.360931     Document Type: Article

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