In a series of ten chapters by leading experts, this volume reviews the well-established foundations as well as recent advances that define the current status of applied science and engineering in the field of hydrogenated silicon (Si:H) based thin film semiconductors. The field of amorphous and nanocrystalline Si:H (a-Si:H and nc-Si:H) has reached maturity with the seminal work having been published more than 40 years ago on the topics of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PEVCD) and sputtering, silicon-hydrogen bonding analysis, bandgap determination, doping, and transistor and solar cell fabrication. Tens of thousands of papers have been published since then that expand on this work and comprise the progress of the science and engineering in numerous aspects of the field. In fact, even today, progress continues to be made in materials fabrication and metrology, including analysis of structural, optical, electronic, and magnetic properties, as well as in device applications. As a result, students and newcomers to the field may find it daunting to accumulate and assimilate the vast literature and identify the state of the art in experimental fabrication and measurement techniques, data interpretation methodologies, and overall scientific understanding. The purpose of this text is to serve as a valuable resource for the knowledge base and to provide an up-to-date status for practitioners new to the field.
Abstract
The following sections are included:
- Introduction
- Carrier Transport in a-Si:H
- Recombination in a-Si:H
- Stability in a-Si:H
- References
Keywords[edit | edit source]
Solar cells ; Semiconductors ; Optoelectronic devices; amorphous silicon; photovoltaic
See also[edit | edit source]
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- Plasmonic Perfect Meta-Absobers for a-Si PV Devices
- Limitations of ultra-thin transparent conducting oxides for integration into plasmonic-enhanced thin-film solar photovoltaic devices
- Optical modelling of thin film microstructures literature review
- Multi-resonant silver nano-disk patterned thin film hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells for Staebler-Wronski effect compensation
- Influence of Oxygen Concentration on the Performance of Ultra-Thin RF Magnetron Sputter Deposited Indium Tin Oxide Films as a Top Electrode for Photovoltaic Devices
- A new method of preparing highly conductive ultra-thin indium tin oxide for plasmonic-enhanced thin film solar photovoltaic devices
- Plasmonic enhancement of amorphous silicon solar photovoltaic cells with hexagonal silver arrays made with nanosphere lithography
- Ambiance-dependent Agglomeration and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Response of Self-assembled Silver Nano-particles for Plasmonic Photovoltaic Devices
- Optimal Design of Thin-film Plasmonic Solar Cells using Differential Evolution Optimization Algorithms
- Scalable honeycomb top contact to increase the light absorption and reduce the series resistance of thin film solar cells
- Enhancement of hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells with front-surface hexagonal plasmonic arrays from nanoscale lithography