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The Determination of the Quality of a-Si:H Films for Application in Solar Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

P. Grunow
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Bereich Strahlenchemie, D-1000 Berlin 39, W. Germany
D. Herm
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Bereich Strahlenchemie, D-1000 Berlin 39, W. Germany
R. Könenkamp
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Bereich Strahlenchemie, D-1000 Berlin 39, W. Germany
U. Küppers
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Bereich Strahlenchemie, D-1000 Berlin 39, W. Germany
M. Kunst
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Bereich Strahlenchemie, D-1000 Berlin 39, W. Germany
H. C. Neitzert
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Bereich Strahlenchemie, D-1000 Berlin 39, W. Germany
A. Werner
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner- Institut, Bereich Strahlenchemie, D-1000 Berlin 39, W. Germany
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Abstract

Several stationary and transient techniques are used to characterize a large number of intrinsic a-Si:H films prepared in a narrow range of production conditions. Correlation between stationary photoconductivity, the activation energy of the dark conductivity and the long-time range decay of the transient photoconductivity and photoinduced absorption is observed. The applicability of a-Si:H films for solar cells in view of these properties is discussed.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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