Dlts Analysis of Radiation-Induced Defects in InGaAsN Solar Cell Structures

Author

Khan, Aurangzeb ; Gou, J. ; Lam, Ravi C. ; Kurtz, Sarah R. ; Johnston, S.W. ; Imazumi, M. ; Yamaguchi, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

1858

Lastpage

1860

Abstract

We present the direct observation of majority and minority carrier defects in InGaAsN diodes and solar cells before and after 1-MeV electron irradiation by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS). A hitherto existing nitrogen-related electron trap, E1, (0.20 eV) shows a significant increase in concentration after 1-MeV electron irradiation. In addition, 1-MeV electron irradiation induced a hole trap, H1, at energy of about 0.75 eV above the valence band. Isothermal annealing analysis indicates that E1 is a complex defect involving an interstitial or a substitutional atom in combination with some other defect, whose concentration is enhanced by irradiation. The recovery of the free carrier concentration following the recovery of the E1 level upon annealing indicates that the E1 center is an acceptor-like center

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; annealing; deep level transient spectroscopy; electron beam effects; electron traps; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; hole traps; indium compounds; semiconductor diodes; solar cells; DLTS; InGaAsN; acceptor-like center; electron irradiation; free carrier concentration; hole trap; interstitial; isothermal annealing analysis; minority carrier defects; nitrogen-related electron trap; radiation-induced carrier defects; semiconductor diodes; semiconductor solar cell structures; substitutional atom; valence band; Annealing; Electron emission; Electron traps; Gallium arsenide; Gold; Hydrogen; Mobile computing; Photovoltaic cells; Space technology; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279856

Filename

4060022