A modified Shockley-Read-Hall theory including radiative transitions

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 685-689

  Beaucarne, Guy ^a,b   Green, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Pacific Solar Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impurity state; Intermediate state; Radiative recombination coefficients; Shockley Read Hall theory

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTRONS; HALL EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0037392559     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1101(02)00316-7     Document Type: Article

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