Multi-frequency EDMR applied to microcrystalline thin-film silicon solar cells

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• 作者：Christoph Meier ; Jan Behrends ; Christian Teutloff ; Oleks ; r Astakhov ; Alex ; er Schnegg ; Klaus Lips ; Robert Bittl
• 关键词：Electron spin resonance ; Electrically detected magnetic resonance ; Multi-frequency EDMR ; Microcrystalline silicon ; Solar cells
• 刊名：Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：September, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：234
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-9
• 全文大小：767 K

文摘

Pulsed multi-frequency electrically detected magnetic resonance (EDMR) at X-, Q- and W-Band (9.7, 34, and 94 GHz) was applied to investigate paramagnetic centers in microcrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells under illumination. The EDMR spectra are decomposed into resonances of conduction band tail states (e states) and phosphorus donor states (P states) from the amorphous layer and localized states near the conduction band (CE states) in the microcrystalline layer. The e resonance has a symmetric profile at all three frequencies, whereas the CE resonance reveals an asymmetry especially at W-band. This is suggested to be due to a size distribution of Si crystallites in the microcrystalline material. A gain in spectral resolution for the e and CE resonances at high fields and frequencies demonstrates the advantages of high-field EDMR for investigating devices of disordered Si. The microwave frequency independence of the EDMR spectra indicates that a spin-dependent process independent of thermal spin-polarization is responsible for the EDMR signals observed at X-, Q- and W-band.