Quantitative description of the properties of extended defects in silicon by means of electron- and laser-beam-induced currents

Autor: Ya. L. Shabel’nikova, D. P. Nikolaev, Eugene B. Yakimov, M. V. Chukalina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Semiconductors. 49:741-745
ISSN: 1090-6479
1063-7826
DOI: 10.1134/s1063782615060226
Popis: A solar cell on a wafer of multicrystalline silicon containing grain boundaries was studied by the induced-current method. The sample was scanned by an electron beam and by a laser beam at two wavelengths (980 and 635 nm). The recorded induced-current maps were aligned by means of a specially developed code, that enabled to analyze the same part of the grain boundary for three types of measurements. Optimization of the residual between simulated induced-current profiles and those obtained experimentally yielded quantitative estimates of the characteristics of a sample and its defects: the diffusion length of minority carriers and recombination velocity at the grain boundary.
Databáze: OpenAIRE