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Influence of ignition condition on the growth of silicon thin films using plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition |
Zhang Hai-Long(张海龙), Liu Feng-Zhen(刘丰珍)†, Zhu Mei-Fang(朱美芳), and Liu Jin-Long(刘金龙) |
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China |
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Abstract The influences of the plasma ignition condition in plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) on the interfaces and the microstructures of hydrogenated microcrystalline Si ($\mu $c-Si:H) thin films are investigated. The plasma ignition condition is modified by varying the ratio of SiH$_{4}$ to H$_{2}$ ($R_{\rm H})$. For plasma ignited with a constant gas ratio, the time-resolved optical emission spectroscopy presents a low value of the emission intensity ratio of H$\alpha $ to SiH$^*$ ($I_{\rm H\alpha }$/$I_{\rm SiH^\ast })$ at the initial stage, which leads to a thick amorphous incubation layer. For the ignition condition with a profiling $R_{\rm H}$, the higher $I_{\rm H\alpha }$/$I_{\rm SiH^\ast }$ values are realized. By optimizing the $R_{\rm H}$ modulation, a uniform crystallinity along the growth direction and a denser $\mu $c-Si:H film can be obtained. However, an excessively high $I_{\rm H\alpha }$/$I_{\rm SiH^\ast }$ may damage the interface properties, which is indicated by capacitance--voltage ($C$--$V)$ measurements. Well controlling the ignition condition is critically important for the applications of Si thin films.
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Received: 15 July 2011
Revised: 28 July 2011
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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52.80.Pi
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(High-frequency and RF discharges)
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68.55.-a
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(Thin film structure and morphology)
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68.90.+g
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(Other topics in structure, and nonelectronic properties of surfaces and interfaces; thin films and low-dimensional structures)
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Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. G2006CB202601 and 2011CBA00705), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60806020), and the Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Gran |
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Zhang Hai-Long(张海龙), Liu Feng-Zhen(刘丰珍), Zhu Mei-Fang(朱美芳), and Liu Jin-Long(刘金龙) Influence of ignition condition on the growth of silicon thin films using plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 015203
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