MINORITY-CARRIER LIFETIME IN POLYCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS - SOME ANALYTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

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PRASAD, B [1 ]
RAVINDRA, NM [1 ]
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[1] POLITECN TORINO,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-10129 TORINO,ITALY
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10.1080/00207218608920794
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Analytical expressions governing the minority-carrier lifetime at the grain boundary surface and in the bulk region of the semiconductor have been derived. The Shockley-Read-Hall statistics for the carrier generation-recombination kinetics has been employed. The study has essentially been made for large-grained polycrystalline semiconductors and should prove useful in photovoltaic and switching applications.
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