The hydrogen collision model of metastability after 5 years: Experimental tests and theoretical extensions

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 78, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 425-445

  Branz, Howard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Hydrogen collision; Metastability

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROGENATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

METASTABILITY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 0038107128     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00446-4     Document Type: Article

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