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Delft University of Technology
Recombination Processes– Shockley-Read-Hall
René van Swaaij
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- Three recombination processes
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Shockley- Read-Hall Radiative Auger
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SLIDE 3 Learning objectives
- Underlying mechanism of Shockley-Read-Hall
SLIDE 4 Learning objectives
- Underlying mechanism of Shockley-Read-Hall
- Conceptualize carrier traps and processes
SLIDE 5 Learning objectives
- Underlying mechanism of Shockley-Read-Hall
- Conceptualize carrier traps and processes
- Understand the recombination rate equation
SLIDE 6 Shockley-Read-Hall recombination
SLIDE 7 Shockley-Read-Hall recombination
- Facilitated by impurities or
lattice defects
SLIDE 8 Shockley-Read-Hall recombination
- Facilitated by impurities or
lattice defects
- Energy levels within bandgap
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Trap types
Occupied Unoccupied
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Trap types
Donor-type Occupied Unoccupied
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Trap types
Donor-type Occupied Unoccupied
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Trap types
Donor-type Occupied Unoccupied +
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Trap types
Acceptor-type Donor-type Occupied Unoccupied +
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Trap types
Acceptor-type Donor-type Occupied Unoccupied +
SLIDE 15 Trap types
Acceptor-type Donor-type Occupied Unoccupied
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Carrier processes
SLIDE 17 Carrier processes
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SLIDE 18 Carrier processes
1. 2.
- 1. Capture of electron
- 2. Emission of electron
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SLIDE 19 Carrier processes
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1. 2.
- 1. Capture of electron
- 2. Emission of electron
- 3. Capture of hole
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SLIDE 20 Carrier processes
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1. 2.
- 1. Capture of electron
- 2. Emission of electron
- 3. Capture of hole
- 4. Emission of hole
3. 4.
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SLIDE 21 Process rates
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SLIDE 22 Process rates
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SLIDE 23 Process rates
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SLIDE 26 Process rates
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SLIDE 28 Process rates
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SLIDE 29 Process rates
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SLIDE 31 Process rates
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Thermal velocity and capture cross-section
Trap state
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Thermal velocity and capture cross-section
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Thermal velocity and capture cross-section
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Thermal velocity and capture cross-section
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Thermal velocity and capture cross-section
SLIDE 43 Thermal velocity and capture cross-section
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SRH recombination rate
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SRH recombination rate
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SRH recombination rate
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SRH recombination rate
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SRH recombination rate
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SRH recombination rate
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SRH recombination rate
n-type
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SRH recombination rate
n-type
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SRH recombination rate
n-type
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SRH recombination rate
n-type
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SRH recombination rate
n-type p-type
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Recombination efficacy
Recombination efficacy Trap energy
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Recombination efficacy
Recombination efficacy Trap energy
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Recombination efficacy
Recombination efficacy Trap energy
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Summary
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Summary
Shockley- Read-Hall Radiative Auger
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Summary
Shockley- Read-Hall Radiative Auger
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Summary
Shockley- Read-Hall Radiative Auger