Photovoltaic effect in Si/SiOx heterostructures

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Reference R.V.A. van Loon, K.R. Catchpole and A. Polman: Photovoltaic effect in Si/SiOx heterostructures In: IEEE LEOS, 5th International Conference on Group IV Photonics, Sorrento, Italy, 17-19 September 2008, [s.n.], 2008. - pp. 393-394
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Si/SiOx heterostructures show a photovoltaic effect when the samples are annealed to form Si quantum dots. Subsequently applying dielectric breakdown increases the shortcircuit current by up to an order of magnitude.

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