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Experimental study on the effect of alternating ageing and sea corrosion on laminated natural rubber bearing’s tension-shear property
The laminated natural rubber bearings (NRBs) used in offshore or sea-crossing bridges, are subjected to marine environments over an extended period and therefore vulnerable to the effect of alternating ageing ...
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An Exploratory Survey of p-Layers for a-Si:H Solar Cells
The window layer (p-layer) critically affects the conversion efficiency of a-Si:H based p-i-n type solar cells. This paper surveys possible alternative window materials in comparison with the standard boron doped...
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The Staebler-Wronski Effect and the Thermal Equilibration of Defect and Carrier Concentrations
Light induced degradation of intrinsic Amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is investigated as a function of temperature. Previous work described an equilibrium framework for the high temperature behavior of dangling bo...
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A Comprehensive Study of Plasma Enhanced Crystallization of a-Si:H Films on Glass
An extensive study is reported here on plasma enhanced crystallization of a-Si:H films on glass. Both electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) helium plasma exposures and ECR oxygen plasma exposures were investigate...
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Photocarrier Transport and Recombination in Amorphous Silicon
The effect of microstructure in undoped a-Si:H films on carrier transport, recombination, densities of midgap states and solar cell characteristics has been investigated. Extended state mobilities of electrons...
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Sub-Surface Equilibration of Hydrogen with the a-Si:H Network Under Film Growth Conditions
In this study we characterize hydrogen diffusion and reaction processes in the near-surface (top 200 Å) of a-Si:H that lead to network equilibration under standard conditions of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor ...
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Optical Properties of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon, Silicon-Germanium and Silicon-Carbon Thin Films
The optical properties of solar cell grade hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H), silicon germanium (a-SiGe:H) and silicon carbon (a-SiC:H) alloy thin films have been investigated over a wide photon energy r...
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The Mechanism for Defect Generation Studied by Photodegradation of A-Si:H Solar Cells Under Electrical Bias
The light induced degradation of a-Si:H p-i-n solar cells under electrical bias has been systematically studied. By comparing the results with the light intensity dependence of cell degradation under open circ...
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Optoelectronic Properties of Plasma CVD a-Si:H Modified by Filament-Generated Atomic H
We have studied a-Si:H prepared by alternating plasma deposition with atomic H treatments performed with a heated W filament. Real time spectroscopie ellipsometry provides the evolution of film thickness, opti...
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Experimental Determination of the Dark Fermi Level in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon.
The position of the dark fermi level in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is important in determining its electrical properties and is a key parameter in the detailed modelling of materials and devices. ...
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Surface Microstructural Evolution of Ultrathin films by Real time Spectroscopic Elupsometry
Vapor deposition of smooth, microstructurally uniform amorphous films on dissimilar substrates requires coalescence of clusters that form during initial nucleation. We have developed techniques that provide su...
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Comments on the Determination of Defect Density in a-Si:H Alloys by Integrating the Sub-Bandgap Optical Absorption Coefficient
The validity of determining the defect density in a-Si:H and its alloys by integrating the sub-bandgap optical absorption coefficient is examined. It is shown that a formula derived for estimating Si-Hbonddens...
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Effects of Interfaces on the a-Si:H Schottky Barrier Characteristics
A detailed study of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) surfaces during etching and subsequent low temperature (T≤200°C) oxidation was carried out using in-situ and spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). The micros...