Mechanism of electrical passivation of Si surfaces with quinhydrone

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2583-2587

  Opila, Robert L ^a   Yang, Dan ^a   Kotulak, Nicole ^a   Costello, Luke ^a   Chhabra, Bhumika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

benzoquinone; hydrogen terminated; quinhydrone; silicon; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; BENZOQUINONES; ELECTRICAL PASSIVATION; HYDROGEN-TERMINATED; HYDROGEN-TERMINATED SURFACES; MINORITY CARRIER; QUINHYDRONE; SI SURFACES; SILICON SURFACES; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TIME DEPENDENCE;

HYDROGEN; KETONES; SILICON;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 84869381226     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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