Direct-PECVD a-SiOx:H/a-SiNx:H 叠层系统对多晶硅电池的钝化研究

本文中应用全部PECVD工艺沉积a-SiOx:H、a-SiNx:H,和a-SiOx:H/a-SiNx:H叠层系统,比较了不同钝化膜对多晶硅太阳能电池发射极和背面钝化效果,应用FGA、RTP等热处理方法对钝化膜进行处理,重点讨论了FGA(Forming gas annealing)温度和时间的长短对钝化的影响.结果表明:低温FGA对只有单面钝化膜的硅片钝化效果不明显,而在800 ℃下FGA有明显作用,而且钝化效果随着时间的增加呈现出先增大后减小然后再增大的现象;退火后降温环境中是否有H和降温时间对钝化效果有很大的影响,但是对于双面膜无论FGA温度高低对钝化都有帮助,文中对上述现象做了合理的解释.最后利用双面叠层钝化膜经过FGA处理后得到的多晶硅片的少子寿命达到14.2 μs,比镀膜之前的3.0 μs提高了11.2 μs,使多晶硅太阳能电池暗电压 Voc达到630 mV.     

Synthesis of amorphous carbon nanowalls by DC-PECVD on different substrates and study of its field emission properties

Amorphous carbon thin films with quasi vertical nanowall-like morphologies have been synthesized via direct current plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition on both copper and silicon substrates with acetylene as a carbon precursor. The deposition temperature and pressure were maintained at 750 °C and 5 mbar respectively. The morphology of the as-prepared samples has been investigated with the help of a field emission scanning electron microscope and an atomic force microscope, both revealing nanowall-like morphologies with thicknesses of the walls ∼6-15 nm. The as-prepared carbon nanowalls showed good field electron emission with a turn-on field as low as 1.39 V/μm. The effect of inter-electrode distance on the field electron emission has also been studied in detail.     

金刚石、碳纳米管、碳纳米管/纳米金刚石复合物的制备及生长机制研究

采用PECVD技术,通过对基片使用不同的预处理方法和沉积参数,合成了金刚石、碳纳米管及碳纳米管/纳米金刚石复合物.利用SEM,TEM,拉曼光谱对样品的形貌、成分和结构进行了研究.结果表明,在制备样品的过程中,基片的预处理方法和CH4/H2流量比至关重要,它们将影响所制得样品的晶粒大小、形核密度以及微观结构.     

SiCxHy-based hydrophobic thin films with good chemical and mechanical properties synthesized by PECVD at various substrate temperatures

This work investigates on chemical and mechanical resistance of hydrophobic films; prepared using radio frequency (RF) plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method, by varying substrate temperature. For this work, Hexamethyldisilane (HMDS) is used as the precursor, with hydrogen gas as the reactive agent. The surface energy and surface morphology are studied by measuring water contact angle (WCA) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. Measurement reveals that WCA does not change much and acquires the value in between 105 and 110°. FT–IR analysis shows that the films are well-covered with “–CH_x” groups, which can provide the hydrophobicity. The pencil hardness test of the deposited films at higher substrate temperature (>160 °C), have shown a high stability up to 6H. Also, the films show good chemical resistance against boiling salt water and cosmetics in the chemical reliability test due to their much denser structure with reduced defects. Additionally, XPS analysis shows that there is the shift in the peak position of the C–C bond to lower binding energy that is attributed to a highly cross-linked carbon structure formation in the film. The films are chemically inert and have shown good adhesion and durability.     

Ultra high amorphous silicon passivation quality of crystalline silicon surface using in‐situ post‐deposition treatments

A parametric study of post‐deposition hydrogen plasma treatment of intrinsic a:Si:H films is performed. We demonstrate a significant improvement in passivation of c‐Si(100) promoting epitaxy after an in‐situ hydrogen plasma treatment depending mainly on the pressure and slightly on the power. Plasma diagnostic indicates an increase of H_α* signal with high power and low pressure. However, our analysis reveals a better hydrogen incorporation with high pressure and a slight increase in monohydride with high power. Longer H₂ plasma duration up to 50 s shows no detrimental effect on the passivation quality. Optimizing the in‐situ H₂ plasma treatment, high minority carrier lifetime over 15 ms was achieved after short thermal annealing. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

All-optical switching device for infrared based on PbTe quantum dots

Multilayers of PbTe quantum dots embedded in SiO₂ were fabricated by alternate use of Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) and Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) techniques. The morphological properties of the nanostructured material were studied by means of High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) and X-ray Reflectometry (XRR) techniques. A preliminary analysis of the GISAXS spectra provided information about the multilayer periodicity and its relationship to the size of the deposited PbTe nanoparticles. Finally multilayers were fabricated inside a Fabry–Perot cavity. The device was characterized by means of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Transmittance measurements show the device functionality in the infrared region.     

沉积温度对等离子体化学气相沉积制备硅氧薄膜微结构的影响

利用13.56 MHz的射频等离子体化学气相沉积设备(RF-PECVD)在不同沉积温度(50~400 ℃)下制备了一系列氢化硅氧(SiO_x:H)薄膜材料,并研究了薄膜材料性能与微结构的变化规律。随着沉积温度的增加,薄膜内的氧含量(C_O)下降,晶化率(X_C)也下降,折射率(n)上升,此外,薄膜的结构因子(R)下降,氢含量(C_H)先上升后下降,由此在合适的中间温度下可以获得最大的氢含量。通过实验结果分析提出了不同沉积温度下制备硅氧薄膜的内在微结构模型:低温下沉积的硅氧薄膜是以氢化非晶硅氧(a-SiO_x:H)相为主体并嵌入氢化纳米晶硅(nc-Si:H)的复合材料,而在高温下沉积的硅氧薄膜则是以氢化非晶硅(a-Si:H)相为主体并嵌入越来越少的nc-Si:H相和a-SiO_x:H相的复合材料。由上可知,要制备太阳电池通常采用的晶化率X_C高、氧含量C_O高的氢化纳米晶硅氧(nc-SiO_x:H)材料,需要采用相对较低的沉积温度。