Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-09-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 pages, 5 figures, accepted in J. Non. Cryst. Sol
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2007.09.081
In this paper we discuss the application of current it ab initio computer simulation techniques to hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H). We begin by discussing thermal fluctuation in the number of coordination defects in the material, and its temperature dependence. We connect this to the ``fluctuating bond center detachment" mechanism for liberating H bonded to Si atoms. Next, from extended thermal MD simulation, we illustrate various mechanisms of H motion. The dynamics of the lattice is then linked to the electrons, and we point out that the squared electron-lattice coupling (and the thermally-induced mean square variation in electron energy eigenvalues) is robustly proportional to the localization of the conjugate state, if localization is measured with inverse participation ratio. Finally we discuss the Staebler-Wronski effect using these methods, and argue that a sophisticated local heating picture (based upon reasonable calculations of the electron-lattice coupling and molecular dynamic simulation) explains significant aspects of the phenomenon.
Abtew T. A.
Drabold David A.
Inam F.
Pan Yanbin
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