Hydrogen stability in amorphous germanium films
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine Part B
- Vol. 63 (1) , 269-279
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01418639108224444
Abstract
The thermal stability of hydrogen in hydrogenated amorphous germanium films has been studied by hydrogen evolution and by deuterium and hydrogen interdiffusion experiments. Similar to observations on hydrogenated amorphous silicon, the hydrogen stability in amorphous germanium is found to depend strongly on the film microstructure and on the position of the Fermi level.Keywords
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