The Preparation of Nanocrystalline Silicon by Plasma-Enhanced Hydrogenation for the Fabrication of Light-Emitting Diodes

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-210

  Jamei, M ^a   Karbassian, F ^a   Mohajerzadeh, S ^a   Abdi, Y ^a   Robertson, M D ^b   Yuill, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydrogenation; Light emitting diode; nano crystalline; plasma; silicon

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008045571     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: 15580563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2007.891260     Document Type: Article

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