Association of FeB Pairs under Illumination

Abstract

It has been found that association of iron-boron (FeB) pairs takes place during illumination of iron contaminated boron-doped silicon. The established FeB pair model is interpreted with respect to the quasi-Fermi level position, the stability condition of FeB pairs and the steady state reaction between interstitial iron, electrons and boron. At an excess charge carrier density of Δn = 5.4·1014cm-3, still 5 % of the interstitial iron associates to FeB pairs.