Structural analysis of hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films as a function of substrate temperature during deposition

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2014

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Edp Sciences S A

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

In this contribution, the micro-and macro-structure of plasma grown hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si: H) thin films were followed with respect to substrate temperature (Ts) ranging from 80 degrees C to 200 degrees C. nc-Si: H films were deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique using silane gas highly diluted by hydrogen and high RF power density. Micro-structure analysis was performed with grazing angle X-ray diffraction (GAXRD) and dispersive Raman spectroscopies. Parallelly, morphological properties of the films were investigated via field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) by taking both surface and cross-sectional micrographs. GAXRD results suggest the presence of 4-5 nm nanocrystallites with the size almost independent of Ts. The detailed analysis of the Raman spectra reveals one-and two-phonon modes due to amorphous and crystalline silicon (c-Si), where all c-Si related peaks shifted to lower frequencies. Raman nanocrystalline volume fraction is found to be greater than 50% for all Ts; it increases together with the short-range order at elevated Ts. This micro-structural improvement with Ts is considered to be slight when compared to the FE-SEM-observed drastic changes of morphology, particularly the size of large conglomerates (35-250 nm). The behavior of micro-and macro-structure with Ts is correlated well with the previously determined bonding and lateral conductivity measurements. It seems to be the macro-structure that accounts for bonding and electrical properties of nc-Si: H thin films.

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Microcrystalline Silicon, Raman-Spectroscopy, Crystallite Size, Diluted Silane, Solar-Cells, Pecvd, Transport, Model

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European Physical Journal-Applied Physics

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Q4

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Q3

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65

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2

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