氢稀释对FTS沉积a-Si:H薄膜结构特性的影响

采用对靶磁控反应溅射技术,以氢气作为反应气体在不同的氢稀释比条件下制备了氢化非晶硅薄膜.利用台阶仪、傅里叶红外透射光谱、Raman谱和紫外-可见光透射谱测量研究了不同氢稀释比对氢化非晶硅薄膜生长速率和结构特性的影响.分析结果发现,利用对靶磁控溅射技术能够实现低温快速沉积高质量氢化非晶硅薄膜的制备.随着氢稀释比不断增加,薄膜沉积速率呈现先减小后增大的趋势.傅里叶红外透射光谱表明,氢化非晶硅薄膜中氢含量先增大后变小.而Raman谱和紫外-可见光透射谱分析发现,氢稀释比的增加使氢化非晶硅薄膜有序度和光学带隙均先增大后减小.可见,此技术通过改变氢稀释比R能够实现氢化非晶硅薄膜结构的有效控制.     

氢稀释对多晶硅薄膜结构特性和光学特性的影响

以SiCl₄和H₂为气源，用等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术，在250℃的低温下，研究氢稀释度对多晶硅薄膜结构特性的影响.实验结果表明，对于以SiCl₄和H₂组成的反应源气体，氢对薄膜生长特性的影响有异于SiH₄/H₂，在一定功率下，薄膜的晶化率随氢稀释度的减小而增加，在一定的氢稀释度下薄膜晶化度达到最大值85％；随着氢稀释度的继续减小，薄膜晶化度迅速下降，并逐渐向非晶态结构转变.随氢稀释度的减小，薄膜的光学带隙由 1.5eV减小至约1.2eV，而后增大至1.8eV.沉积速率则随氢稀释度的减小先增加后减小，在无氢条件下，无薄膜形成.在最佳氢稀释度条件下，Cl基是促进晶化度提高，晶粒长大的一个主要因素. 关键词： 多晶硅薄膜 微结构 氢稀释 4')" href="#">SiCl₄     

Effect of Ar in the source gas on the microstructure and optoelectronic properties of microcrystalline silicon films deposited by plasma-enhanced CVD

Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon films have been prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique using silane diluted in H₂ or H₂ + Ar. The microstructures for silicon films have been evaluated by Raman scattering spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Optical characterization has been done by UV-vis spectroscopy. It is found that the addition of Ar in diluent gases efficiently improves the deposition rate and crystallinity due to an enhanced dissociation of the source gas and the energy of deexcitation of Ar* released within the growth zone. Meanwhile, the enhanced crystallinity and the reducing of hydrogen ion bombardment with increasing Ar dilution lead to the polymerization and also a bad passivation of the hydrogen which cause the widening of the optical gap and increase of defect states in the μc-Si films. The absorption coefficient and dark conductivity are found to decrease basically with increasing Ar dilution corresponding to the widening optical gap and more defects. That the activation energy increases with increasing Ar dilution or decreasing hydrogen dilution is due to the fact that more defect states lead to a pulling down of the Fermi level.     

Optical absorption in PECVD deposited thin hydrogenated silicon in light of ordering effects

We report results obtained from measurements of optical transmittance spectra carried out on a series of silicon thin films deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) from silane diluted with hydrogen. Hydrogen dilution of silane results in an inhomogeneous growth during which the material evolves from amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H) to microcrystalline hydrogenated silicon (μc-Si:H). Spectral refractive indices and absorption coefficients were determined from transmittance spectra. The spectral absorption coefficients were used to determine the Tauc optical band gap energy, the B factor of the Tauc plots, E ₀₄ (energy at which the absorption coefficient is equal to 10⁴ cm⁻¹), and the Urbach energy as a function of the hydrogen dilution. The results were correlated with microstructure, namely volume fractions of the amorphous and crystalline phase with voids, and with the grain size.      

Effects of high hydrogen dilution ratio on optical properties of hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films

Hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films were prepared by plasma enhanced vapor deposition technique. In our experiment, hydrogen dilution ratio R_H was changed mainly, while the other parameters, such as the radio frequency power, the direct current bias value, the chamber pressure, the total gas flow and the substrate temperature were kept constant. The film's surface topography was gained by AFM. The chemical bond was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectra. The optical properties were characterized by transmission spectra. To consider absorption peak of stretching vibration mode of SiH₃ at 2140 cm⁻¹ and to reduce the calculation error, a hydrogen content calculation method was proposed. Effects of hydrogen dilution ratio on the deposition rate v and hydrogen content C_H were investigated. The bonding mode and the force constants k of chemical bond, the structural factor f in films were changed by high hydrogen dilution ratio, which gave rise to the shift of absorption peak of infrared stretching mode and the decrease of optical band gap E_g.     

氢稀释对纳米晶硅薄膜晶化特性的影响及薄膜生长机理

以SiH₄与H₂作为前驱气体,采用射频等离子增强化学气相沉积技术制备了纳米晶硅薄膜.利用Raman散射和红外吸收光谱等技术,对不同氢稀释比条件下薄膜的微观结构和键合特性进行了研究.结果表明,随着氢稀释比增加,薄膜的晶化率明显提高,而氢稀释比过高时,薄膜晶化率呈现减少趋势.红外吸收光谱分析表明,纳米晶硅薄膜中氢的键合模式与薄膜的晶化特性密切相关.随着氢稀释比增加,薄膜中整体氢含量和SiH₂键合密度明显减少,而在高氢稀释比条件下,氢稀释比增加导致薄膜中SiH₂键合密度和整体氢含量增加.     

Effect of hydrogen dilution on the optical properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon-nitrogen films prepared by plasma deposition

The effect of the dilution of silane and nitrogen with hydrogen on the optical properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon-nitrogen films prepared by plasma deposition has been investigated as functions of the gas-volume ratio γ (= ([SiH₄] + [N₂])/([SiH₄] + [N₂] + [H₂]) and the substrate temperature. The prepared films are characterized by the values of the deposition rate, the optical gap, the Urbach energy, the defect density, the integrated infrared absorption intensity and the refractive index, and by correlations between these parameters and the type of hydrogen- and nitrogen-bonding configurations estimated from infrared absorption spectra. The hydrogen dilution effect is discussed in terms of the above and compared with that in hydrogenated amorphous silicon reported in a previous paper by the present authors. It is pointed out that nitrogen atoms incorporated into the silicon network cause more disorder than incorporated hydrogen atoms, from the γ dependence of the Urbach energy and the integrated infrared intensities associated with the hydrogen and nitrogen bondings.     

氢稀释对FTS沉积a-Si∶H薄膜结构特性的影响

采用对靶磁控反应溅射技术,以氢气作为反应气体在不同的氢稀释比条件下制备了氢化非晶硅薄膜.利用台阶仪、傅里叶红外透射光谱、Raman谱和紫外-可见光透射谱测量研究了不同氢稀释比对氢化非晶硅薄膜生长速率和结构特性的影响.分析结果发现,利用对靶磁控溅射技术能够实现低温快速沉积高质量氢化非晶硅薄膜的制备.随着氢稀释比不断增加,薄膜沉积速率呈现先减小后增大的趋势.傅里叶红外透射光谱表明,氢化非晶硅薄膜中氢含量先增大后变小.而Raman谱和紫外-可见光透射谱分析发现,氢稀释比的增加使氢化非晶硅薄膜有序度和光学带隙均先增大后减小.可见,此技术通过改变氢稀释比R能够实现氢化非晶硅薄膜结构的有效控制.     

高氢稀释制备微晶硅薄膜微结构的研究

采用高氢稀硅烷热丝化学气相沉积方法制备氢化微晶硅薄膜.其结构特征用Raman谱，红外透射谱，小角X射线散射等来表征.结果表明微晶硅的大小及在薄膜中的晶态比χ_c随氢稀释度的提高而增加.而从红外谱计算得到氢含量则随氢稀释度的增加而减少.小角X射线散射结果表明薄膜致密度随氢稀释度的增加而增加.结合红外谱和小角X射线散射的结果讨论与比较了不同相结构下硅网络中H的键合状态.认为随着晶化的发生和晶化程度的提高H逐渐移向晶粒表面，在硅薄膜中H的存在形式从以SiH为主向SiH₂ 关键词：     

The optoelectronic properties of silicon films deposited by inductively coupled plasma CVD

Hydrogenated amorphous and microcrystalline silicon films were deposited by inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD) at low substrate temperatures using H₂-diluted SiH₄ as a source gas. High-density plasma generated by inductively coupled excitation facilitates the crystallization of silicon films at low temperatures, and microcrystalline silicon films were obtained at the substrate temperature as low as 180 °C. The columnar structure of the films becomes more and more compact with an increase of their crystallinity. The reduction of hydrogen content in the films causes a narrowing of the optical bandgap and an enhancement of the absorption with increasing the substrate temperature. The microcrystalline silicon films show two electronic transport mechanisms: one is related to the density of state distribution in the temperature region near room temperature and the other is the variable range hopping between localized electronic states close to the Fermi level below 170 K. A reasonable explanation is presented for the dependence of the optoelectronic properties on the microstructure of the silicon films. The films prepared at a substrate temperature of 300 °C have highly crystalline and compact columnar structure, high optical absorption coefficient and electrical conductivity, and a low hydrogen content of 3.8%.     

氢稀释制备的非晶碳膜的绿光和蓝光发射

在电容耦合式PECVD系统中,以CH4和H2为气源,通过控制H2的流量制备了一系列氢化非晶碳膜（a-C:H)样品。利用傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）、光致发光谱（PL）和吸收谱对a-C:H膜的结构及光学性质进行了研究。结果表明：氢稀释可以在一定程度上减少碳的sp^2团簇的形成,增大它的光学带隙,并改变薄的微结构。与此同时,光致发光峰随郑 光学带隙的增大而蓝移;当光学带隙增大2．72eV时,出现了2．4eV（绿光）和2．97eV(蓝光）组成的发光峰。     

PHOTO- AND ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE FROM HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON CARBIDE FILMS PREPARED BY USING ORGANIC CARBON SOURCE

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) films were grown by using an organic source, xylene (C₈H₁₀), instead of methane (CH₄) in a conventional plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition system. The optical band gap of these samples was increased gradually by changing the gas ratio of C₈H₁₀ to SiH₄. The film with high optical band gap was soft and polymer-like and intense photoluminescence were obtained. Room temperature electro-luminescence was also achieved with peak energy at 2.05 eV (600 nm) for the a-SiC:H film with optical band gap of 3.2 eV.     

Optical and structural studies on Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3 thin films obtained by radiofrequency assisted pulsed plasma deposition

Single-phase Ba(Mg_1/3Ta_2/3)O₃ thin films were prepared by radiofrequency plasma beam assisted pulsed laser deposition (RF-PLD) starting from a bulk ceramic target synthesized by solid state reaction. Atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic ellipsometry were used for morphological, structural and optical characterization of the BMT thin films. The X-ray diffraction spectra show that the films exhibit a polycrystalline cubic structure. From spectroscopic ellipsometry analysis, the refractive index varies with the thin films deposition parameters. By using the transmission spectra and assuming a direct band to band transition a band gap value of ≈4.72 eV has been obtained.     

VHF等离子体光发射谱(OES)的在线监测

采用光发射谱(OES)测量技术，对不同制备条件下的甚高频(VHF)等离子体辉光进行了在线监 测.实验表明，VHF等离子体中特征发光峰(Si，SiH,H_α,H^*_β 等)的强度较常规的射 频(RF)等离子体明显增强，并且在制备μc-Si：H的工艺条件下(H稀释度R(H₂/S iH₄)=23 )，随激发频率的增加而增大，这些发光峰的变化趋势与材料沉积速率的变化规律较相似.Si H峰等的强度随气压的变化则因硅烷H稀释度及功率的不同而异：高H稀释(R=23)时，SiH峰强 度在低辉光功率下随反应气压的增大单调下降，在高辉光功率下随气压的变化呈现类高斯规 律；低H稀释(R=5．7)时， SiH峰随气压的变化基本上是单调下降的，下降速率也与功率有 关，这些结果表明，VHF-PECVD制备μc-Si：H和a-Si：H的反应动力学过程存在较大差异.此 外，随着激发功率的增大，Si，SiH峰都先迅速增大然后趋于饱和，并且随着H稀释率的增大 ，将更快呈现饱和现象.通过对OES结果的分析与讨论可知，VHF-PECVD技术沉积硅基薄膜可 以有效提高沉积速率，而且，硅基薄膜的沉积速率的进一步提高需要综合考虑H稀释度、气 压和功率等的匹配与优化. 关键词： 甚高频等离子体化学气相沉积 氢化硅薄膜 光发射谱     

电子回旋共振等离子体增强沉积氟化非晶碳薄膜的光学性质

用紫外可见光透射光谱(UV-VIS)并结合键结构的X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和红外谱(FTIR)分析,研究了电子回旋共振等离子体增强化学气相沉积法制备的氟化非晶碳薄膜的光吸收和光学带隙性质.在微波功率为140—700W、源气体CHF₃∶C₆H₆比例为1∶1—10∶1条件下沉积的薄膜,光学带隙在1.76—2.85eV之间.薄膜中氟的引入对吸收边和光学带隙产生较大的影响,吸收边随氟含量的提高而增大,光学带隙则主要取决于CF键的含量,是由于强电负 关键词： 氟化非晶碳薄膜 光吸收与光学带隙 电子回旋共振等离子体     

氮化硅薄膜中纳米非晶硅颗粒的键合结构及光致发光

采用螺旋波等离子体化学气相沉积技术以N₂/SiH₄/H₂为反应气体制备了镶嵌有纳米非晶硅颗粒的氢化氮化硅薄膜,通过改变N₂流量实现了薄膜从红到蓝绿的可调谐光致发光.傅里叶红外透射和紫外-可见光吸收特性分析表明,所生长薄膜具有较高的氢含量,N₂流量增加使氢的键合结构发生变化,非晶硅颗粒尺寸减小,所对应的薄膜的光学带隙逐渐增加和微观结构有序度减小.可调光致发光(PL)主要来源于纳米硅颗粒的量子限制效应发光,随N₂流量增加,PL的谱线展宽并逐渐增强. 关键词： 傅里叶红外透射谱 光吸收谱 纳米硅粒子镶嵌薄膜 光致发光     

Effects of deposition temperature and hydrogen flow rate on the properties of the Al-doped ZnO thin films and amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells

A compound of 98 mol% ZnO and 1 mol% Al₂O₃ (AZO, Al:Zn = 98:2) was sintered at 1350 °C as a target and the AZO thin films were deposited on glass using a radio frequency magnetron sputtering system. The effects of deposition temperature (from room temperature to ～300 °C) on the optical transmission spectrum of the AZO thin films were studied. The Burstein–Moss shift was observed and used to prove that defects in the AZO thin films decreased with increasing deposition temperature. The variations in the optical band gap (E _g) values of the AZO thin films were evaluated from plots of (αhv)²=c(hν?E _g), revealing that the measured E _g values increased with increasing deposition temperature. The effects of the H₂ flow rate during deposition (0 %～11.76 %, deposition temperature of 200 °C) on the crystallization, morphology, resistivity, carrier concentration, carrier mobility, and optical transmission spectrum of the AZO thin films were measured. The chemical structures of the Ar-deposited and 2 % H₂-flow rate-deposited AZO thin films (both were deposited at 200 °C) were investigated by XPS to clarify the mechanism of improvement in resistivity. The prepared AZO thin films were also used as transparent electrodes to fabricate amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells, and their properties were also measured.     

用SiCl4/H2气源沉积多晶硅薄膜光照稳定性的研究

对以SiH₄/H₂及SiCl₄/H₂为源气体、采用 等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术制备的非晶硅薄膜和多晶硅薄膜进行了光照稳定性的研究.实验表明，制备的多晶硅薄膜并没有出现 非晶硅中的光致衰减现象，其光电导、暗电导在光照过程中没有下降反而有所上升且电导率 变化快慢受氢稀释度的制约.多晶硅薄膜的光照稳定性可能来源于高的晶化度及Cl元素的存在. 关键词： 多晶硅薄膜 稳恒光电导效应 晶界 光致衰退效应     

PROPERITES OF HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON CARBIDE FILMS IRRADIATED BY EXCIMER PULSE LASER

A series of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide film (a-SiC:H) were prepared by rf plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition method. The optical band gap(E^opt_g) of the films can be extended to 2.6eV. The as-deposited alma were then irradiated by a KrF excimer laser. During the irradiation process, hydrogen escaped out of the films, and the structure of the films was changed from an amorphous phase to mixed phases of nanocrystallites of silicon and amorphous silicon carbide. The room-temperature dark conductivity of the laser irradiated films is 6-7 orders of magnitude larger than that of the as-deposited films, which was attributed to the modification of the conductivity mechanism resulting from the structural change.     

Structural and optical properties of zinc nitride films prepared by rf magnetron sputtering

Zinc nitride films were prepared on quartz substrates by rf magnetron sputtering using pure zinc target in N₂-Ar plasma. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis indicates that the films just after deposition are polycrystalline with a cubic structure and a preferred orientation of (4 0 0). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis also confirms the formation of N-Zn bonds and the substitution incorporation of oxygen for nitrogen on the surface of the films. The optical band gap is calculated from the transmittance spectra of films just after deposition, and a direct band gap of 1.01 ± 0.02 eV is obtained. Room temperature PL measurement is also performed to investigate the effect of defect on the band gap and quality of the zinc nitride films.