The implementation of temperature control to an inductive-coil photoconductance instrument for the range of 0-230°C

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 609-613

  Paudyal, B B ^a   McIntosh, K R ^a   Macdonald, D H ^a   Richard, B S ^b   Sinton, R A ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Sinton Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Contactless; Lifetime; Photoconductance; TIDLS

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CAPTURE CROSS-SECTIONS; CONTACTLESS; COOLING STAGES; ENERGY LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATIONS; IMPURITY CONCENTRATIONS; INDUCTIVE COILS; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; INTERSTITIAL IRONS; LIFE-TIMES; LIFETIME; LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPIES; NEW DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTANCE; SET-UPS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TIDLS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 55249097095     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.839     Document Type: Article

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