Rearrangement of the optical properties of a-SiOx: H films after crystallization of silicon nanoclusters

Autor: Igor E. Zanin, E. I. Terukov, D. A. Minakov, O. V. Serbin, Yu. K. Undalov, V. A. Terekhov, Dmitry Goloshchapov, Pavel Seredin, E.V. Popova, Irina N. Trapeznikova, K. A. Barkov
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 571:121053
ISSN: 0022-3093
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.121053
Popis: The results of investigations on crystallization of silicon nanoclusters in a-SiOx matrix have shown that, even at the very fast annealing using pulse photonic annealing (PPA) formation of rather large silicon crystallites (≥ 100 nm) occurs, as well as the arrays of Si nanocrystals with average sizes of ~10 nm and small sizes of ~1–2 nm happens. It is shown that with an increase in the concentration of nanoclusters in the initial film from 15 to 53%, the contribution of large crystals (larger than 100 nm) increases from 15% (at 15% ncl-Si) to 65% (at 53% ncl-Si), which says on an increase in the probability of coalescence of crystallites into substantially larger ones with an increase of ncl-Si content in the initial film, despite the high annealing speed.
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