Influence of deposition pressure on structural, optical and electrical properties of nc-Si:H films deposited by HW-CVD |
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Authors: | N.A. Bakr V.S. Waman R.R. Hawaldar V.G. Sathe S.R. Jadkar |
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Affiliation: | a School of Energy Studies, University of Pune, Pune 411007, India b Center for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Panchawati, Pune 411 008, India c UGC-DAE-CSR, Indore Centre, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore 452 017, India d Department of Physics, University of Pune, Pune 411007, India |
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Abstract: | Hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) thin films were deposited using HW-CVD technique at various deposition pressures. Characterisation of these films from Raman spectroscopy revealed that nc-Si:H thin films consist of a mixture of two phases, crystalline phase and amorphous phase containing small Si crystals embedded therein. We observed increase in crystallinity in the films with increase in deposition pressure whereas the size of Si nanocrystals was found ∼2 nm over the entire range of deposition pressure studied. The FTIR spectroscopic analysis showed that with increasing deposition pressure the predominant hydrogen bonding in the films shifts from, Si-H to Si-H2 and (Si-H2)n complexes and the hydrogen content in the films was found in the range 6.2-9.3 at% over the entire range of deposition pressure studied. The photo and dark conductivities results also indicate that the films deposited with increasing deposition pressure get structurally modified. It has been found that the optical energy gap range was between 1.72 and 2.1 eV with static refractive index between 2.85 and 3.24. From the present study it has been concluded that the deposition pressure is a key process parameter to induce the crystallinity in the Si:H thin films using HW-CVD. |
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Keywords: | A. Thin films B. Vapour deposition C. Raman spectroscopy C. X-ray diffraction D. Optical properties |
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