Highly textured silicon [111] crystalline thin-film on buffered soda-lime glass by e-beam evaporation

作者: Shane McMahon , Ashok Chaudhari , R.D. Vispute , Zhouying Zhao , Harry Efstathiadis

DOI: 10.1016/J.MATLET.2014.11.014

关键词: Annealing (glass)Scanning electron microscopeElectron beam processingThin filmMaterials scienceCrystallizationNanocrystalline siliconSiliconMineralogyChemical engineeringSoda-lime glass

摘要: A highly textured silicon [111] crystalline continuous thin-film film has been deposited on an MgO buffered soda lime glass substrate from aluminum-silicon (Al-Si) eutectic melt using the conventional e-beam deposition. The growth was accomplished heteroepitaxially substrate. resulting oriented then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy for detection of Si crystallization, as well scanning electron microscopy (SEM). low temperature crystallization method presented here requires no secondary annealing step capability high rate depositions without breaking vacuum. Furthermore, this theoretical feasibility to induce single substrate, subsequently translating a cost effective process with potential play major role in adoption thin solar technology.

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