the entity responsible for carrying the lesser part of the current in a semiconductor
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The microwires show bulk minority carrier diffusion lengths measuring ∼40 μm, and mobilities comparable to those of single-crystal silicon.
F. A. Martinsen, J. Ballato, T. Hawkins, U. J. Gibson 2014, 'Bulk fabrication and properties of solar grade silicon microwires', APL Materialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4902140. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This technique uses sequential measurement of the minority carrier lifetime after etching thin layers from the surfaces.
Bhushan Sopori, Srinivas Devayajanam, Prakash Basnyat 2016, 'Surface characteristics and damage distributions of diamond wire sawn wafers for siliconsolar cells', AIMS Materials Sciencehttp://www.aimspress.com/Materials/article/815/fulltext.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)