Nonexponential distributions of tail states in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Brinza, Monica ^a   Emelianova, Evguenia V ^a   Adriaenssens, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROGENATION; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM THEORY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VAPOR;

EID: 20044364626     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.115209     Document Type: Article

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