Experimental evidence indicating a global mechanism for light-induced degradation in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 20, 2001, Pages

  Palinginis, Kimon C ^a   Cohen, J David ^a   Guha, Subhendu ^b   Yang, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b United Solar Systems Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; GERMANIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; FILM; HYDROGENATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034888667     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.201203     Document Type: Article

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