High quality a-Si:H films grown at high deposition rates

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Lubianiker, Y [1 ]
Tan, YY [1 ]
Cohen, JD [1 ]
Ganguly, G [1 ]
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[1] Univ Oregon, Dept Phys, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
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AMORPHOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS SILICON THIN FILMS: FUNDAMENTALS TO DEVICES-1999 | 1999年 / 557卷
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10.1557/PROC-557-139
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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Intrinsic a-Si:H samples were grown with and without hydrogen (H-2) dilution of silane at different growth rates. We find that the dilution leads to a considerable reduction in the defect density, in particular at high growth rates. The defect density is particularly low for samples grown using H-2 dilution conditions at growth rates as high as 10 Angstrom/sec, Using transient photocapacitance measurements we find evidence for a small concentration of microcrystallites embedded in the amorphous films. An increase in the microcrystalline fraction correlates with a decrease in the defect density.
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