RECOMBINATION PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURALLY WELL DEFINED NISI2 PRECIPITATES IN SILICON

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KITTLER, M [1 ]
LARZ, J [1 ]
SEIFERT, W [1 ]
SEIBT, M [1 ]
SCHROTER, W [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GOTTINGEN,INST PHYS 4,W-3400 GOTTINGEN,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.104474
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We report first results on the recombination properties of structurally well defined NiSi2 precipitates in n-type silicon. Under the conditions applied, precipitates form without the occurrence of punched out dislocations or any other secondary defects. We find that the minority-carrier diffusion length (L(D)) measured by electron beam induced current (EBIC) is related to the precipitate density N(V) and L(D) congruent-to 0.7 x N(V)-1/3. EBIC investigations of individual precipitates reveal contrasts up to 40% demonstrating NiSi2 particles to be efficient recombination centers.
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