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Hidden complexity in defect-assisted nonradiative capture during energy conversion

Zheng Liu, Xun Xu, Jun Kang, Xie Zhang

Journal of Materials Chemistry A· Volume 14· Issue 38
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Abstract

Contrary to the common belief that the nonradiative capture coefficient is primarily governed by the defect transition level, we reveal that lattice relaxation and vibrational frequencies are also important and their effects cannot be ignored.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies · Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices · Radiation Effects in Electronics

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Affiliations

Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China

Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China

State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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