THERMAL AND OPTICAL SPACE CHARGE SPECTROSCOPY OF GAP STATES IN a-Si:H

Abstract
In this article we present a new method based on TSC (Thermally Stimulated Currents) wich allows the observation of deep centres in amorphous semiconductors. This technique allows to eliminate the experimental contribution of the band tail states in the space charge zone of a Schottky barrier. We discuss the characteristics of the deep centres thereby revealed and their connection with the existence of structural microinhomogeneities