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Phototransport Properties of a-SiC:H Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

G. Nery
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR 00931
A. Ramirez
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR 00931
O. Resto
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR 00931
S. Z. Weisz
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR 00931
Y. Lubianiker
Affiliation:
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
I. Balberg
Affiliation:
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Abstract

We report a study of the mobility-lifetime products of the two charge carriers in a-SiC:H alloys. The measurements were carried out as a function of the carbon concentration and the temperature. An analysis, relying on the interpretation of the corresponding light intensity exponents, indicates that neutral dangling bonds control the electrons' lifetime while another recombination center controls the holes' lifetime.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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