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Change in The Spectral Shape of the Subgap Absorption in a-SI:H by Photodegradation at 4.2K and its Relation to the Mobility-Lifetime Product

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P. Stradins  and
H. Fritzsche
P. Stradins
Affiliation:
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
H. Fritzsche
Affiliation:
Tucson, AZ
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Abstract

We have observed a pronounced change in the shape of subgap absorption spectrum α(hν) of a-Si:H due to photodegradation at T=4.2K, in contrast to light exposure at T=300K. During the 4.2K exposure, α(hν) at 1.1≤(h‥)≤1.6eV increases with time as (α(t)-α(0)) ∝t0.3. However, for hν≤1eV the absorption α(hν) stays constant or decreases with exposure at 4.2K. Subsequent anneal causes the subgap absorption at the higher photon energies to decrease monotonically while a (hν ≤ 1.1 eV) increases first and goes through a maximum at T≈350K. This unexpected increase in a(hν) during annealing occurs at the anneal temperatures where the degraded mobility-lifetime product recovers. We suggest that the nonmonotonic recovery of a (hν≤ 1.1eV) during annealing is associated with preferential anneal of deeper defects or with structural relaxations around the defects during anneal causing a shift in their energy levels.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 467: Symposium A – Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Technology - 1997 , 1997 , 85
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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