Moving Beyond p-Type mc-Si: Quantified Measurements of Iron Content and Lifetime of Iron-Rich Precipitates in n-Type Silicon

Engineering & Materials Science

• Precipitates 100%
• Iron 87%
• Carrier lifetime 76%
• Silicon 76%
• Transition metals 71%
• Contamination 46%
• Photoluminescence 39%
• Point defects 37%
• Synchrotrons 32%
• Fluorescence 27%
• Solar cells 25%
• X rays 21%
• Costs 9%

Physics & Astronomy

• precipitates 84%
• iron 69%
• life (durability) 65%
• silicon 51%
• carrier lifetime 51%
• minority carriers 51%
• contamination 43%
• transition metals 40%
• point defects 22%
• synchrotrons 20%
• costs 18%
• solar cells 17%
• fluorescence 17%
• photoluminescence 16%
• x rays 10%
• performance 10%

Chemical Compounds

• Transition Element 70%
• Crystal Point Defect 62%
• Solar Cell 41%
• Fluorescence 27%