Influence of Fabrication Processes and Annealing Treatment on the Minority Carrier Lifetime of Silicon Nanowire Films

Abstract Surface passivation and bulk carrier lifetime of silicon nanowires (SiNWs) are essential for their application in solar cell devices. The effective minority carrier lifetime of a semiconductor material is influenced by both its surface passivation and bulk carrier lifetime. We found that th...

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Main Authors: Shinya Kato, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Yasuyoshi Kurokawa, Shinsuke Miyajima, Makoto Konagai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-03-01
Series:Nanoscale Research Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11671-017-2006-z