STRESS MEASUREMENT OF GLOW-DISCHARGE PRODUCED A-GE-H THIN-FILMS AND ITS RELATION TO ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES

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作者
WICKBOLDT, P [1 ]
MARQUES, F [1 ]
JONES, SJ [1 ]
PANG, D [1 ]
TURNER, WA [1 ]
PAUL, W [1 ]
机构
[1] BEIJING POLYTECH UNIV,BEIJING 100022,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1016/S0022-3093(05)80062-6
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Stress measurements are reported for thin films of a-Ge:H deposited under a large variety of conditions using glow discharge CVD. The stress is nonuniform with thickness, and, for films exhibiting high tensile stress, changes reversibly due to atmospheric contamination. Strong correlations are observed for stress with hydrogen content, structure, and photoresponse. In particular, higher photoresponse is observed for films with a higher compressive stress.
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