Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraβe 1, W-7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany
Abstract:
A slow decrease in the number of Si-H bonds in B-doped a-Si:H during annealing at 220°C has been observed. It is shown that during annealing hydrogen is transferred irreversibly from a bonded state into molecular H2 trapped in the samples. This has important implications for the determination of H-diffusion coefficient by SIMS or ERDA.