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Structure of Si:H Films Fabricated by Plasma-Enhanced Cvd using Hydrogen Diluted Plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

F. Edelman ,
A. Chack ,
R. Weil ,
R. Beserman ,
P. Werner ,
B. Rech ,
T. Roschek  and
W. Beyer
F. Edelman
Affiliation:
Solid State Institute, Technion, 32000 Haifa, ISRAEL
A. Chack
Affiliation:
Solid State Institute, Technion, 32000 Haifa, ISRAEL
R. Weil*
Affiliation:
Solid State Institute, Technion, 32000 Haifa, ISRAEL
R. Beserman
Affiliation:
Solid State Institute, Technion, 32000 Haifa, ISRAEL
P. Werner
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, D-06120 Halle/Saale, GERMANY
B. Rech
Affiliation:
Institut für Schicht- und Ionentechnik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GERMANY
T. Roschek
Affiliation:
Institut für Schicht- und Ionentechnik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GERMANY
W. Beyer
Affiliation:
Institut für Schicht- und Ionentechnik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GERMANY
*
corresponding author, e-mail phr94rw@physics.technion.ac.il
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Abstract

The structure of undoped Si:H films deposited at a high rate of 6-9 Å/s in an RF (13.56 MHz) plasma from hydrogen-silane gas mixtures at various substrate temperatures was studied using TEM (with in-situ annealing), XRD, Raman spectroscopy, optical absorption and hydrogen effusion. It is found that under our conditions the amorphous to crystalline transition occurs in a relatively narrow range of parameters, influenced mainly by hydrogen dilution and to a lesser degree by the substrate temperature. In the crystalline range the material is found to be nanocrystalline (average grain size 20 nm) and the crystals are essentially stable up to 800°C annealing. The crystal structure of a mixed amorphousnanocrystalline phase of samples deposited near the edge of crystallinity is also found to be rather stable. Nanocrystalline Si films deposited under these latter deposition conditions reveal in hydrogen effusion a relatively compact material and show high solar cell efficiencies (6-8%) when incorporated as i-layers in pin solar cells.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 609: Symposium A – Amorphous & Heterogeneous Silicon Thin Films – 2000 , 2000 , A5.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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