管式PECVD氮化硅薄膜不同退火环境的工艺研究

研究了在真空与氮气两种环境中不同的退火温度和退火时间对氮化膜薄膜性能影响,测试了退火后氮化硅薄膜的膜厚、折射率、少子寿命以及电性能参数.结果表明,多晶硅管式PECVD真空退火环境优于氮气,并确定当退火温度在450 ℃、退火时间20 min时,工艺参数最佳.当温度过高过低均不利于膜厚的增加也不利于形成良好的欧姆接触,且此时光电转换效率较差.折射率的变化却不同,其最大值是在低温下达到的,此时氮气环境更有利于高折射率的获得.此外,还就膜厚和折射率随温度、环境变化的情况进行了详细的讨论.     

热处理工艺对室温制备ZnO:Al薄膜结构与光电性能的影响

采用室温溅射加后续退火工艺制备了ZnO∶ Al透明导电薄膜.研究了热处理工艺对薄膜微观结构和光电性能的影响.研究表明:退火有助于减小Al~(3+)对Zn~(2+)的取代造成的晶格畸变,消除应力,促进晶粒长大,有效提高电子浓度和迁移率,降低电阻率;当溅射功率为80 W、退火温度为320 ℃时,薄膜的电阻率可低至8.6×10~(-4) Ω·cm;退火气氛对薄膜的导电性能有较大影响,真空退火可使吸附氧脱附,大大降低薄膜的方块电阻.而退火温度和退火气氛均对ZnO∶ Al薄膜的透光率没有明显影响,薄膜的透光率在86;以上.     

溅射压强和退火气氛对Mg0.2Zn0.8O∶Al紫外透明导电薄膜结构与性能的影响

以自制Mg0.2Zn0.8O∶Al陶瓷为靶材,采用室温溅射后续退火磁控溅射工艺制备了Mg0.2Zn0.8O∶Al紫外透明导电薄膜.研究了溅射压强和退火气氛对Mg0.2Zn0.8O∶Al薄膜结构和光电性能的影响.结果表明:溅射氩气压强不影响薄膜的相结构,但对薄膜的取向生长和结晶质量有一定影响;薄膜的方块电阻随溅射压强的增加先大幅减小后有所增大,溅射气压为2.0 Pa时,薄膜的方块电阻最低;不同溅射气压下制备薄膜的透光范围均已扩展到了紫外区域,而且具有85;以上的高透射率,但溅射气压对薄膜的带隙宽度和透光率没有明显影响;室温下溅射制备的薄膜经真空退火处理后其导电性能显著提高,但在空气中退火处理后其导电性能反而有所下降.     

真空退火温度对射频磁控溅射制备非晶In-Ga-Zn-O薄膜性能影响的研究

采用射频磁控溅射技术在室温下玻璃衬底上制备了铟镓锌氧(In-Ga-Zn-O)透明导电薄膜,并对该薄膜进行了真空退火.研究了不同退火温度对In-Ga-Zn-O薄膜结构、电学和光学性能的影响.X射线衍射(XRD)表明,在300℃至500℃退火温度范围内,In-Ga-Zn-O薄膜为非晶结构.随着退火温度的增加,薄膜的电阻率先减小后增大.透射光谱显示退火后In-Ga-Zn-O薄膜在500～ 800 nm可见光区平均透过率超过80;,且在350 nm附近表现出较强的紫外吸收特性.经过退火的薄膜光学禁带宽度随着退火温度的增加先增大后减小,350 ℃最大达到3.91 eV.     

退火时间对铝诱导非晶硅薄膜晶化过程的影响

基于铝诱导非晶硅薄膜固相晶化方法,利用直流磁控溅射离子镀技术制备了Al/ Si…Al/ Si/ glass周期性结构的薄膜.采用真空退火炉对Al/ Si多层薄膜进行了500℃退火实验,通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)分析了不同退火时间下Al/ Si多层薄膜截面形貌的变化规律,并结合扩散过程探讨了退火时间对铝诱导非晶硅薄膜晶化过程的影响机理.研究结果表明:在铝诱导非晶硅薄膜固相晶化过程中,在退火过程的初期,晶态硅薄膜的生长主要来源于因Al的存在而形成的硅初始品核数量增加的贡献.随退火时间的延长,晶态硅薄膜的生长主要是依靠临界浓度线已推进区域中未参与形核的硅原子扩散至初始品核位置并进行外延生长来实现的.经500℃退火1 h后,Al/ Si薄膜的截面形貌巾出现了沿Si(111)晶面生长的栾品组织.     

不同磁控溅射方式制备的C掺杂h-BN薄膜微观结构与导电性研究

采用中频双极脉冲(IFBP)和射频(RF)磁控溅射分别在(100)取向的单晶Si衬底上沉积C掺杂h-BN(h-BN:C)薄膜,随后在95;Ar+5;H2混合气氛中进行700℃退火处理,对其结构、化学组成、元素的化学价态、表面形貌以及导电性进行了分析研究.结果表明:两种溅射方法均成功在Si基片上制备出致密连续的h-BN:C薄膜,其电阻率可低至2.9×104～2.5×105Ω·cm.对比发现两种制备方法中IFBP磁控溅射具有较快沉积速率,制备出的h-BN:C薄膜结构更稳定,结晶性更好;而RF磁控溅射制备的h-BN:C薄膜经700℃退火处理后形成了层状结构.在溅射气氛中掺入一定量H2对提高h-BN:C薄膜稳定性极为重要,而沉积后的低温退火处理更可提高其结晶性和稳定性.     

射频磁控溅射工艺制备二氧化钒薄膜

以V2O5陶瓷烧结靶材及射频磁控溅射工艺制备V2O5薄膜,再经氩气气氛退火处理得到VO2薄膜.采用扫描电子显微镜观察不同制备条件下薄膜表面微观形貌特征,拉曼光谱和X射线光电子能谱用来分析确定退火前后薄膜的物相结构及化合价态.结果表明,溅射4h、450℃退火2h制备的薄膜结晶形态良好,VO2纯度高于94;原子分数.     

Ar气流量对磁控溅射制备微晶硅薄膜微观结构及光/电学性能的影响

采用射频磁控溅射法在不同Ar气流量条件下制备了多组微晶硅薄膜,研究了Ar气流量对薄膜微观结构及光/电学性能的影响.结果表明:当Ar气流量的较小时,微晶硅薄膜的沉积速率较高,薄膜的晶化率、晶粒尺寸以及粗糙度处于较好的生长态势.同时,薄膜的光学性能发生明显变化,对于长波长范围内薄膜的光学透过率随Ar气流量的增大逐渐下降.薄膜的电学性能表现为随Ar气流量的增大,少子寿命呈现出先增大后大幅降低的变化趋势.     

Si和6H-SiC衬底上β-FeSi2薄膜的制备

以6H-SiC (0001) Si面和Si(100)为衬底,采用磁控溅射Fe-Si合金靶和Si靶两靶共溅射的方法,并经过后续的快速退火成功制备了β-FeSi2薄膜.通过X射线衍射(XRD)、拉曼(RAMAN)和电子扫描电镜(SEM)研究了不同衬底对薄膜生长过程的影响.结果表明:与Si衬底不同,6H-SiC为衬底所生长的FeSix薄膜与衬底之间很难产生相互扩散,导致薄膜中的Si原子主要来源于靶材.同时分析不同退火温度对6H-SiC衬底和Si衬底上的FeSix薄膜的影响,并相比较.结果表明:不同衬底Si(100)和6H-SiC (0001) Si面所生长的薄膜经900℃退火时皆完全转化为多晶β-FeSi2相,其择优取向皆为(220)/(202),且随温度从500℃到900℃的不断上升,(220)/(202)衍射峰的强度增强,半高宽变小,得到900℃下的半高宽为0.33°.     

退火温度对La3Ga5SiO14薄膜结构及表面形貌的影响

采用脉冲激光沉积技术在Si(100)衬底上制备了La3Ga5SiO14薄膜,并研究了不同的退火温度对薄膜结构和表面形貌的影响.衬底温度为室温时生长的薄膜经过800 ℃以上的高温退火后,由最初的无定形态转变为无规则取向的多晶结构.衬底温度为400 ℃时生长的薄膜经过800 ℃退火处理后呈现无序的多晶形态.当退火温度进一步升高至1000 ℃时,XRD图谱显示薄膜由最初的(220)和(300)两个结晶方向转变为以(200)和(400)为主要取向的多晶结构.表面形貌分析表明:衬底温度为400 ℃时,随着退火温度的升高,薄膜颗粒尺寸逐渐增大,表面无裂纹,而衬底温度为室温时生长的薄膜退火后则出现大量的裂缝、孔洞等缺陷.     

Relationship of Morphological Types of Dynamic Forms of Crystals

Crystallography Reports - The relationship of morphological spectra (sets of data on the morphological types of real polyhedral crystals and their probabilities under current physicochemical...     

A review of measurement of thermophysical properties of silicon melt

Measurements of thermophysical properties of Si melt and supplementary study of X-ray scattering/diffraction by the authors' group were reviewed. The values obtained differed variously from those of literature. Density was 2–3% larger, surface tension 20–30% smaller, viscosity up to 40% larger, electrical conductivity 8% smaller, spectral emissivity more or less in good agreement with literature values, and thermal diffusivity a few percent larger. An anomalous density jump was found near the melting point. Surface tension and viscosity also showed anomaly. A strange time-dependent change of density was observed over 3 h after melting. X-ray analyses suggested a slight change in local atom ordering, but showed no sign of cluster formation. An addition of 0.1 at% gallium caused the density jump to disappear, while that of boron caused no change. An EXAFS study of the former melt indicated a strong interaction between Ga and Si atoms as if molecules of GaSi₃ existed. The implications of the measured properties are a possibility of soft-turbulence in an Si melt in a relatively large crucible, a more complicated manner of intake of oxygen depleted molten Si from the free surface region to underneath the growing crystal, and a relaxation of the melt after melting arising from trapped gas species.     

Generation of crystal structures of heteromolecular compounds by the method of discrete modeling of packings

Within the method of discrete modeling of packings, an algorithm of generation of possible crystal structures of heteromolecular compounds containing two or three molecules in the primitive unit cell, one of which has an arbitrary shape and the other (two others) has a shape close to spherical, is proposed. On the basis of this algorithm, a software package for personal computers is developed. This package has been approved for a number of compounds, investigated previously by X-ray diffraction analysis. The results of generation of structures of five compounds—four organic salts (with one or two spherical anions) and one solvate—are represented.     

Development of Pauling's concepts of geometric characteristics of atoms

The evolution of the geometric characteristics introduced by Pauling and their dependence on the specific features of the structure and chemical bonds have been considered. The values of the covalent and van der Waals radii are given as well as their relationships and mutual transitions.     

Investigation of the Mechanism of Influence of Stress Corrosion on the Development of Macroplastic Instabilities of Aluminum–Magnesium Alloy

Crystallography Reports - Macroscopic jumps of plastic deformation (few percent in amplitude) on creep curves of aluminum–magnesium alloy, caused by a local effect of concentrated solution of...     

Comparative analysis of two methods of calculation of the orientation of domain walls in ferroelastics

Two types of domain-wall equations are analyzed: the equations derived by the Sapriel method and the equations obtained by interface matching of the thermal-expansion tensor. It is shown that, for W-type domain walls, these methods yield the same equations. For W′-type domain walls, the equations obtained by different methods coincide for proper ferroelastics and differ for improper ferroelastics.     

Dependence of the parameters of equations of viscous flow on chemical composition of silicate melts

The temperature dependence of viscosity of silicate melts is discussed in the framework of the Avramov–Milchev (AM) equation. The composition is described by means of two parameters: the molar fraction, x, and the “lubricant fraction”, l. The molar fraction is the sum of the molar parts x_i of all oxides dissolved in SiO₂, the molar fraction of the latter being 1 ? x. It is shown that, with sufficient precision, two of the parameters of the AM equation can be presented as unique functions of the molar fraction. On the other hand, x is not sufficient to determine properly the reference temperature T_r , at which viscosity is η_r = 10¹³ [dPa.s]. Therefore, additional parameter, “lubricant fraction” l, is introduced. For each of the components, l_i is a product of molar part x_i and a specific dimensionless coefficient 0 ≤ k_i ≤ 1 accounting for the specific contribution of this component to the increased mobility of the system. It is demonstrated that, for l > 0, the reference temperature is related to the “lubricant fraction” l through the reference temperature T_r,SiO2 of pure SiO₂.     

Mechanism of thermal expansion of structural modifications of zinc pyrovanadate

Crystal chemical characteristics of the α and β modifications of Zn₂V₂O₇ are calculated based on in situ high-temperature X-ray measurements. The expansion of the structure is found to be strongly anisotropic up to the negative volumetric thermal expansion of the α-Zn₂V₂O₇ unit cell in the temperature range of 300–600°С, α _V =–17.94 × 10^–6 1/K. The transformations of the “hard” and “soft” sublattices with an increase temperature and at the phase transition are considered in detail. It is shown that the negative volumetric thermal expansion of α-Zn₂V₂O₇ is due to the degeneracy of the zigzag-like shape of zinc–oxygen columns at constant distances between their vertices.     

A SAXS study of kinetics of aggregation of silica sols

SAXS in situ experiments on the evolution of TMOS solutions during hydrolysis and polycondensation lead to power laws with scaling exponents ≈ 2. It is suggested that this could be the result of the polydispersity of the samples and that only an apparent fractal dimension can be obtained in this way. Kinetic studies tend to indicate that agglomeration in the sol is the result of a diffusion-controlled process.