a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格薄膜的光学性质

本文介绍,当a-SiN_x:H层的厚度一定,a-Si:H层的厚度不同时,a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格薄膜的光吸收系数、光学禁带宽度以及折射率随之变化的规律。     

a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格的掺杂效应

采用带有可转动掩板的沉积系统,合成出一类新的a-Si:H/掺杂a-SiN_x:H超晶格。样品中各子层厚度及a-SiN_x:H子层中N/Si比固定,仅改变掺杂浓度。结果发现:此类超晶格中的费密能级可以通过a-SiN_x:H层中的掺杂来控制,即a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格可以从n型转变为p型,依赖于a-SiN_x:H子层中B的掺杂比。然而,a-SiN_x:H子层中P的掺杂对a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格传输特性影响并不大。     

a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H超晶格薄膜的光学性质

本文介绍,当a-SiN_x:H层的厚度一定,a-Si:H层的厚度不同时,a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格薄膜的光吸收系数、光学禁带宽度以及折射率随之变化的规律。 关键词：     

不同含氮量的a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H超晶格界面性质的研究

通过电调制吸收、光热偏转谱、光致发光及红外吸收谱等实验技术,研究了不同含氮量的a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格的界面性质。由电调制吸收测试得出的界面电荷密度Q_s～10¹²cm^-2。Q_s比由光热偏转谱所获得的界面态密度N_i～10¹¹cm^-2大出约半个数量级。N_i,Q_s,及光致发光相对峰值 关键词：     

a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H超晶格的掺杂效应

采用带有可转动掩板的沉积系统,合成出一类新的a-Si:H/掺杂a-SiN_x:H超晶格。样品中各子层厚度及a-SiN_x:H子层中N/Si比固定,仅改变掺杂浓度。结果发现:此类超晶格中的费密能级可以通过a-SiN_x:H层中的掺杂来控制,即a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格可以从n型转变为p型,依赖于a-SiN_x:H子层中B的掺杂比。然而,a-SiN_x:H子层中P的掺杂对a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格传输特性影响并不大。 关键词：     

非晶态异质结构a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H和a-Si:H,a-SiN_x:H薄膜的应力研究

实验发现在一定Si—H键浓度下,相对于平坦的硅衬底而言,在其上沉积的a-Si:H薄膜具有压缩应力,a-SiN_x:H薄膜具有伸张应力。当a-Si:H和a-SiN_x:H层厚度比近似于1:2时,硅衬底上生长的a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H/c-Si样品,弯曲最小,并能保持很长时间。文中还给出了应力随退火变化的情况,并对实验结果进行了讨论。     

a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格中空间电势分布和光电导的理论计算

本文从a-Si:H体材料的缺陷态模型出发,考虑在a-Si:H/a-SiN:H超晶格中由于空间电荷转移掺杂效应,以及界面不对称引起的a-Si:H阱层的能带下降和弯曲,严格求解空间电势分布和电荷分布,发现a-Si:H阱层中能带的下降值远大于由界面电荷不对称所引起的两端电势能差,且随转移到阱层中的电荷总量的变化非常敏感。空间电荷分布比较平缓,当不对称参数K=0.9时,空间电荷浓度的最大差值不到两倍。在此基础上,计算了超晶格中光电导的温度曲线,发现引起超晶格中暗电导和光电导相对于单层膜增大的主要原因是转移电荷量的多少,而界面电荷不对称的影响则小得多。计算中对带尾态采用Simmons-Taylor理论,考虑a-Si:H中悬挂键的相关性,并用巨正则分布讨论其在复合过程中的行为。     

非晶态异质结构a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H和a-Si:H,a-SiNx:H薄膜的应力研究

实验发现在一定Si—H键浓度下,相对于平坦的硅衬底而言,在其上沉积的a-Si:H薄膜具有压缩应力,a-SiN_x:H薄膜具有伸张应力。当a-Si:H和a-SiN_x:H层厚度比近似于1:2时,硅衬底上生长的a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H/c-Si样品,弯曲最小,并能保持很长时间。文中还给出了应力随退火变化的情况,并对实验结果进行了讨论。 关键词：     

a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H超晶格中空间电势分布和光电导的理论计算

本文从a-Si:H体材料的缺陷态模型出发,考虑在a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H超晶格中由于空间电荷转移掺杂效应,以及界面不对称引起的a-Si:H阱层的能带下降和弯曲,严格求解空间电势分布和电荷分布,发现a-Si:H阱层中能带的下降值远大于由界面电荷不对称所引起的两端电势能差,且随转移到阱层中的电荷总量的变化非常敏感。空间电荷分布比较平缓,当不对称参数K=0.9时,空间电荷浓度的最大差值不到两倍。在此基础上,计算了超晶格中光电导的温度曲线,发现引起超晶格中暗电导和光电导相对于单层膜增大的主要原因是转移电荷量的多少,而界面电荷不对称的影响则小得多。计算中对带尾态采用Simmons-Taylor理论,考虑a-Si:H中悬挂键的相关性,并用巨正则分布讨论其在复合过程中的行为。 关键词：     

原位等离子体逐层氧化a-Si:H/SiO2多层膜的光致发光研究

采用在等离子体增强化学汽相沉积系统中沉积a-Si:H和原位等离子体逐层氧化的方法制备a-Si:H/SiO2多层膜.改变a-Si:H层的厚度，首次在室温下观察到来自a-Si:H/SiO2多层膜较强的蓝色光致发光和从465到435nm的蓝移.x射线能谱证明，SiO2层是化学配比的SiO2；C-V特性表明，a-Si:H/SiO2界面得到了很好的钝化；透射电子显微镜表明，样品形成了界面陡峭的多层结构.结合光吸收谱和光致发光谱的研究，对其发光机理进行了讨论.用一维量子限制模型对光致发光峰随着a-Si:H层厚度的减小 关键词： a-Si:H/SiO2多层膜 光致发光     

Photoluminescence of very thin oxide/a-Si:H structures passivated in HCN solutions

In this contribution we present new experimental facts concerning evolution of the a-Si:H photoluminescence (PL) spectra, recorded at 6 K, induced by both formation of very thin oxide layer in the surface region of the semiconductor by nitric acid solutions and passivation of a-Si:H defect states using HCN aqueous solutions. a-Si:H layers were deposited on both n-type of crystalline Si and the Corning glass. The analysis of the set of PL spectra - their interpretation - indicates that two explanations of blue shifts of the PL band maxima are possible. The first is connected with formation of several structurally different a-Si:H-based phases inside the amorphous matrix and/or with the Street model of recombination of localized electron-hole pairs coupled with the optical phonon in Si.Additionally, as it was stated, the wet chemical oxidation of 1 μm thick a-Si:H layers deposited on the glass can induce formation of hydrogenated micro-sized a-Si grains. Passivation procedure performed in the HCN solution can transform an equivalent part of the a-Si:H semiconductor to a-Si:CN. If the multiphase model is accepted for interpretation of the PL spectra then the following main PL transitions related with different phases were observed: 1.20, 1.25, 1.38, 1.41, 1.44, and 1.48 eV.     

微量掺碳nc-SiC:H薄膜用于p-i-n太阳电池的窗口层

采用等离子增强化学气相沉积方法(PECVD)制备了微量掺碳的p型纳米非晶硅碳薄膜(p-nc-SiC：H)，反应气体为硅烷和甲烷，掺杂气体采用硼烷，沉积温度分别采用333K，353K和373K.测量结果表明随着沉积温度增加和碳含量的增加，薄膜的光学带隙增加；薄膜具有较宽的带隙和较高的电导率，同时有较低的激活能(0.06eV).Raman和XRD测量结果表明薄膜存在纳米晶.优化的p型纳米非晶硅碳薄膜作为非晶硅p-i-n太阳电池的窗口层，使得太阳电池的开路电压达到0.94V. 关键词： 光学带隙 纳米硅 薄膜 太阳能电池     

Control of epitaxial growth at a-Si:H/c-Si heterointerface by the working pressure in PECVD

The epitaxial-Si(epi-Si) growth on the crystalline Si(c-Si) wafer could be tailored by the working pressure in plasmaenhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD).It has been systematically confirmed that the epitaxial growth at the hydrogenated amorphous silicon(a-Si:H)/c-Si interface is suppressed at high pressure(hp) and occurs at low pressure(1p).The hp a-Si:H,as a purely amorphous layer,is incorporated in the 1p-epi-Si/c-Si interface.We find that:(i) the epitaxial growth can also occur at a-Si:H coated c-Si wafer as long as this amorphous layer is thin enough;(ii) with the increase of the inserted hp layer thickness,lp epi-Si at the interface is suppressed,and the fraction of a-Si:H in the thin films increases and that of c-Si decreases,corresponding to the increasing minority carrier lifetime of the sample.Not only the epitaxial results,but also the quality of the thin films at hp also surpasses that at lp,leading to the longer minority carrier lifetime of the hp sample than the lp one although they have the same amorphous phase.     

Numerical analysis of Excimer laser assisted processing of multi-layers for the tailored dehydrogenation of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon films

The application of the striking electrical and optical properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon in photovoltaic, photonic and nano-electronic devices is attracting increasing attention. In particular, its use both on polymeric substrates and in Integrated Circuit technology for the development of enhanced new devices has shown that processing techniques to produce amorphous hydrogenated and nano-crystalline silicon films avoiding high substrate temperatures are of great importance. A promising strategy to achieve this purpose is the combination of Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition at 150 °C with Excimer Laser Annealing, thus maintaining the substrate at relatively low temperature during the complete process.In this work we present a numerical analysis of Excimer Laser Annealing, performed at room temperature, of a multilayer structure of thin alternating a-Si:H and nc-Si films deposited on glass and grown by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition. A set of two different layer thicknesses a-Si:H (25 nm)/nc-Si (100 nm) and a-Si:H (30 nm)/nc-Si (60 nm) were analysed for a total structure dimension of 900 nm. The aim is to determine the probable temperature profile to achieve controlled localized in depth dehydrogenation.Temperature distribution has been calculated inside the multilayer during the irradiation by a 193 nm Excimer laser, 20 ns pulse length, with energy densities ranging from 50 to 300 mJ/cm². Calculations allowed us to estimate the dehydrogenation effect in the different layers as well as the structural modifications of the same layers as a function of the applied laser energy.The numerical results have been compared to the experimental ones obtained in similar multilayer structures that have been analysed through Raman spectroscopy and TOF-SIMS in depth profiling mode.     

Properties of a-Si:N:H films beneficial for silicon solar cells applications

Amorphous silicon-nitride thin films a-Si:N:H were obtained by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) method from SiH₄+NH₃ at 13.56 MHz. The process parameters were chosen to obtain the films of properties suitable for optoelectronic and mechanical applications. FTIR analysis of a-Si:N:H films indicated the presence of numerous hydrogen bonds (Si-H and N-H) which passivate structural defects in multicrystalline silicon and react with impurities. The morpho-logical investigations show that the films are homogeneous. The deposition of a-Si:N:H layers leads to the decrease in friction coefficient of used substrates. Optical properties were optimised to obtain the films of low effective reflectivity, large energy gap E_g from 2.4 to 2.9 eV and refractive index in the range of 1.9 to 2.2. Reduction of friction coefficient for monocrystalline silicon after covering with a-Si:N:H films was observed: from 0.25 to 0.18 for 500 cycles.     

Ion beam deposition of a-Si:H

The ion beam deposition (IBD) of hydrogenated amorphous silicon is described. Hydrogen incorporation and bonding with the silicon network is evident from SIMS and infrared spectra; the latter show absorption bands centered at 2000cm^?1 and 630cm^?1 typical of monosilicon hydride bonding. IBD a-Si:H thin films are found to be free of microvoids and trace metallic impurities. Four probe conductivity measurements show that the ion beam deposition process yields high resistivity, hydrogenated amorphous silicon (?≥10⁹Ωcm). All of these measurements suggest a low density of defects states in the band gap.     

Determination of electron-diffusion length from photocurrent characteristics of the structure ITO/a-SiC:H(p-type)/a-Si:H/a-Si:H(n-type)/Pd

In this study the electron diffusion length L _n is determined from the relative spectral response of the photocurrent characteristics of the p/i/n sandwich structure ITO/a-SiC:H(p-type)/a-Si:H/a-Si:H(n-type)/Pd. The techniques used for the preparation of the a-Sic:H and a-Si:H amorphous films were glow-discharge and rf magnetron sputtering, respectively. The thickness of the p-type, intrinsic and n-type layer were 400 Å, 7000 Å and 600 Å, respectively. The response of the short-circuit current density J _sc was measured versus the photon energy hv at both constant light intensity and constant temperature. The electron diffusion length was found to be 0.31 m by means of the method of Agarwala and Tewary. Although, in the case of single crystals many diffusion length measurements have been made, there are only few papers for amorphous silicon this films [1]. As it is well-known, the diffusion length of the charge carriers is the most important parameter from the point of view of solar cell applications [2]. In order to obtain a high efficiency in a solar cell all carriers created under illumination in the intrinsic layer should reach the electrodes [3]. In the case that the thickness of the intrinsic layer is much larger than the diffusion length, not all carriers can reach the electrodes and, accordingly, a low efficiency results [4]. On the other hand, carriers which reach the electrodes without thermalizing do not contribute to the photocurrent and finally the efficiency of the solar cell is negatively affected. In order to avoid such an effect to a large extent, the thickness of the amorphous layers in a p/i/n solar cell must be conveniently chosen compared to the diffusion length of the carriers.Here it is aimed to determine the electron diffusion length. In order to achieve this goal, the photocurrent characteristics of an ITO/a-SiC:H(p-type)/a-Si:H/a-Si:H(n-type)/Pd structure was measured versus the photon energy at constant light intensity and constant temperature. In order to determine the electron diffusion length, the method of Agarwala and Tewary [5] was utilized.     

激光限制结晶技术制备nc-Si/SiO2多层膜

在等离子体增强化学气相淀积系统中，采用aSi:H层淀积和原位等离子体氧化相结合的逐层生长技术制备了aSi:H/SiO_2多层膜.在激光诱导限制结晶原理基础上，使用KrF准分子脉冲激光为辐照源，对aSi:H/SiO_2多层膜进行辐照，使纳米级厚度的aSi:H子层晶化.Raman散射谱和电子衍射谱的结果表明，经过激光辐照后纳米Si颗粒在原始的aSi:H子层内形成，晶粒尺寸可以根据aSi:H层的厚度精确控制.还研究了样品的光致发光（PL）特性以及激光辐照能量密度对PL性质的影响. 关键词： 脉冲激光 多层膜 限制结晶     

Morphology and the magnetic and conducting properties of heterogeneous layered magnetic structures [(Co45Fe45Zr10)35(Al2O3)65/a-Si:H]36

The morphology and the magnetic and conducting properties of an amorphous multilayer nanosystem [(Co₄₅Fe₄₅Zr₁₀)₃₅(Al₂O₃)₆₅/a-Si:H]₃₆ consisting of (Co₄₅Fe₄₅Zr₁₀)₃₅(Al₂O₃)₆₅ magnetic layers and semiconducting hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) layers of various thicknesses have been studied. Using a combination of methods (including polarized neutron reflectometry and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering), it is shown that the magnetic and electrical properties of these multilayer structures are determined by their morphology. It is established that the magnetization and electric resistance of a sample is a nonmonotonic function of the a-Si:H layer thickness. Both characteristics are at a minimum for a structure with a semiconductor layer thickness of 0.4 nm. Samples with silicon layer thicknesses below 0.4 nm represent a three-dimensional structure of Co₄₅Fe₄₅Zr₁₀ grains weakly ordered in space, while in samples with silicon layer thicknesses above 0.4 nm, these grains are packed in layers alternating in the vertical direction. The average lateral distance between nanoparticles in the layer plane has been determined, from which the dimensions of metal grains in each sample have been estimated.     

Effect of doping on structural,optical and electrical properties of nanostructure ZnO films deposited onto a-Si:H/Si heterojunction

We investigated the structural; optical and electrical properties of ZnO thin films as the n-type semiconductor for silicon a-Si:H/Si heterojunction photodiodes. The ZnO film forms the front contact of the super-strata solar cell and has to exhibit good electrical (high conductivity) and optical (high transmittance) properties. In this paper we focused our attention on the influence of doping on device performance. The results show that the X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra revealed a preferred orientation of the crystallites along c-axis. SEM images show that all films display a granular, polycrystalline morphology and the ZnO:Al exhibits a better grain uniformity. The transmittance of the doped films was found to be higher when compared to undoped ZnO. A low resistivity of the order of 2.8 × 10⁻⁴ Ω cm is obtained for ZnO:Al using 0.4 M concentration of zinc acetate. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra exhibit a blue band with two peaks centered at 442 nm (2.80 eV) and 490 nm (2.53 eV). It is noted that after doping the ZnO films a shift of the band by 22 nm (0.15 eV) is recorded and a high luminescence occurs when using Al as a dopant. Dark I–V curves of ZnO/a-Si:H/Si structure showed large difference, which means there is a kind of barrier to current flow between ZnO and a-Si:H layer. Doping films was applied and the turn-on voltages are around 0.6 V. Under reverse bias, the current of the ZnO/a-Si:H/Si heterojunction is larger than that of ZnO:Al/a-Si:H/Si. The improvement with ZnO:Al is attributed to a higher number of generated carriers in the nanostructure (due to the higher transmittance and a higher luminescence) that increases the probability of collisions.