Role of interstitial hydrogen and voids in light-induced metastable defect formation in hydrogenated amorphous silicon: A model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Longeaud, C ^a   Roy, D ^a   Saadane, O ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 84872405605     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.085206     Document Type: Article

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