Growth of amorphous-layer-free microcrystalline silicon on insulating glass substrates by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

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Zhou, JH [1 ]
Ikuta, K [1 ]
Yasuda, T [1 ]
Umeda, T [1 ]
Yamasaki, S [1 ]
Tanaka, K [1 ]
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[1] NATL INST ADV INTERDISCIPLINARY RES,JOINT RES CTR ATOM TECHNOL,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.119958
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Using a triode plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system and high H-2 dilution of SiH4 (down to a SiH4/H-2 gas flow ratio of 0.33/99), amorphous-layer-free mu c-Si:H has been successfully grown on insulating glass substrates in the continuous PECVD growth mode. It is demonstrated that an ultrathin layer of such mu c-Si:H can serve as a seed layer to facilitate an epitaxial-like growth of mu c-Si:H (seeded growth). (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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