Device-grade a-SiGe:H alloys prepared by nanometer deposition/H2 plasma annealing method

作者: Jun Xu , Kazutoshi Shiba , Seiichi Miyazaki , Masataka Hirose , Kunji Chen

DOI: 10.1016/0022-3093(95)00767-9

关键词: Materials sciencePhotosensitivityAnalytical chemistryPlasmaBand gapAnnealing (metallurgy)PhotoconductivityLuminescenceAmorphous solidDoping

摘要: Abstract Hydrogenated amorphous silicon-germanium (a-SiGe:H) alloys are fabricated by alternately repeating a 3 nm thick a-SiGe:H deposition and subsequent hydrogen plasma annealing at various rf power densities substrate temperatures. The bonded-hydrogen content decreases with increasing density or temperature. It is found that the hydrogen-annealed films an optical bandgap of 1.45–1.52 eV exhibit high photoconductivity (> 10 −5 S/cm) under AM1 light (100 mW/cm 2 ) illumination photosensitivity 4 ). A significant reduction gap states due to also suggested from luminescence properties as well substitutional doping efficiency.

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