Dissolution of metal precipitates in multicrystalline silicon during annealing and the protective effect of phosphorus emitters

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Tan, J ^a   MacDonald, D ^a   Bennett, N ^a   Kong, D ^a   Cuevas, A ^a   Romijn, I ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARRIER LIFETIME; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SILICON;

METAL PRECIPITATES; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOSPHORUS EMITTERS;

PRECIPITATES;

EID: 34547418719     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2766664     Document Type: Article

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