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Trap Dominated Hydrogen Transport in Disordered Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

N. H. Nickel ,
W. B. Jackson  and
J. Walker
N. H. Nickel
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304
W. B. Jackson
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304
J. Walker
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304
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Abstract

Hydrogen transport in polycrystalline silicon was investigated by deuterium diffusion experiments. D was introduced either from a remote plasma or a solid-state source. The data can be explained by a two-level model used to explain diffusion in amorphous silicon. The energy difference between transport level and deuterium chemical potential was found to be 1.3 eV. A band of shallow levels for hydrogen trapping is located about 0.6 eV below the transport level, while deep levels are about 1.7 eV below.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 420: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology-1996 , 1996 , 527
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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