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University of Patras

ΦΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΑ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΑΣ ΑΜΟΡΦΩΝ ΗΜΙΑΓΩΓΩΝ

Abstract

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IN THIS STUDY TRANSPORT PROPERTIES SUCH AS D.C. DARK CONDUCTIVITY, THERMOPOWER,PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY, CPM ADOPTICAL ABSORPTION WERE APPLIED TO SPUTTERED AMORPHOUS GE SE BIX AND AMORPHOUS HYDROGENATED SILICON A-SI:H FILMS FROM GLOW DISCHARGE. IT WAS FOUND THAT ADDITION OF 15,6 AT % BI LEADS TO AN INCREASE OF TEN ORDERSOF MAGNITUDE IN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AS WELL AS A DECREASE IN THE OPTICAL GAPS. A NEGATIVE SIGN OF THE THERMOPOWER WAS OBSERVED FOR X>10, INDICATING THAT THE CONDUCTION TYPE CHANGED FROM P-TYPE (LOW X) TO N-TYPE. FROM XPS RESULTS IT WAS FOUND THAT BI IS INTRODUCED AS A POSITIVE CHANGED CENTRE. THE RESULTS ARE INTERPRETED AS THE EFFECT OF THE SHIFT OF THE FERMI LEVEL CLOSER TO THE CONDUCTION BOUND DUE TO THE INCORPORATION OF POSITIVE U DEFECTS THAT UNPIN THE FERMI ENERGY. IT WAS ALSO FABRICATED A P-N JUNCTION CASE BEHAVIOR THAT IS EXPECTED FOR LOW CONDUCTIVITY AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS. VALUES OF DRIFT MOBILITY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS. THEABOVE TECHNIQUES WERE ALSO USED TO CHARACTERISE FILMS OF GLOW DISCHARGE A-SI:HDEPOSITED UNDER DIFFERENT PREPARATION CONDITIONS.

Degree

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University of Patras
Year dc:date
1991

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Κουνάβης, Παναγιώτης

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1680
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/1680

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citation

Κουνάβης, Παναγιώτης. ΦΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΑ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΑΣ ΑΜΟΡΦΩΝ ΗΜΙΑΓΩΓΩΝ. University of Patras, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1680