NATURE OF THE SI AND N DANGLING BONDS IN SILICON-NITRIDE

被引:47
作者
ROBERTSON, J
WARREN, WL
KANICKI, J
机构
[1] SANDIA NATL LABS,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87185
[2] UNIV MICHIGAN,DEPT ELECT ENGN & COMP SCI,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
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D O I
10.1016/0022-3093(95)00153-0
中图分类号
TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Si and nitrogen dangling bond defects in amorphous silicon nitride a-SINx:H are most stable in their charged, diamagnetic states. Excitation to their paramagnetic states is found to occur by both charge conversion of Si defects or N defects or by charge transfer between Si and N defects. The stability of charged defects is modelled in terms of potential fluctuations whose magnitude exceeds their positive correlation energy.
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页数:4
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