Pyrolytic transformation from polydihydrosilane to hydrogenated amorphous silicon film

Autor: Tatsuya Shimoda, Yasuo Matsuki, Takashi Masuda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Thin Solid Films. 520(21):6603-6607
ISSN: 0040-6090
Popis: The fabrication of thin film silicon devices based on solution processes rather than on conventional vacuum processes is of substantial interest since cost reductions may result. Using a solution process, we coated substrates with polydihydrosilane solution and studied the pyrolytic transformation of the material into hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H). From thermal gravimetry and differential thermal analysis data a significant reduction in weight of the material and a construction of Si Si bonds are concluded for the pyrolysis temperature T p = 270 to 360 °C. The appearance of amorphous silicon phonon bands in Raman spectra for films prepared at T p ≥ 330 °C suggests the construction of a three-dimensional amorphous silicon network. Films prepared at T p ≥ 360 °C exhibit a hydrogen content near 10 at.% and an optical gap near 1.6 eV similar to device-grade vacuum processed a-Si:H. However, the infrared microstructure factor, the spin density, and the photosensitivity require significant improvements.
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