Which mechanism causes decreased electron mobility from grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon solar cells?

💡 Explanation

Impurity segregation causes charged defects because impurities preferentially aggregate at grain boundaries within the crystal lattice, locally altering the electrostatic potential which impedes electron flow. Therefore mobility decreases, rather than phonon reduction or electron tunneling increases.

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