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← ScienceWhich outcome impairs photovoltaic performance when oxygen vacancies form at the interface between two oxide layers with overlapping orbitals?
A)Increased electron-hole recombination✓
B)Enhanced light absorption spectrum
C)Faster charge carrier extraction
D)Reduced series resistance losses
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Increased electron-hole recombination impairs performance because oxygen vacancies introduce mid-gap states, facilitating Shockley-Read-Hall recombination. This occurs because those vacancies creates trap states via the hybridisation of orbitals. The resulting recombination reduces efficiency, therefore increasing electron-hole recombination is expected rather than optimal carrier extraction.
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