Polycrystalline silicon produced by Ni-silicide mediated crystallization of amorphous silicon in an electric field

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Jang, J [1 ]
Park, SJ [1 ]
Kim, KH [1 ]
Cho, BR [1 ]
Kwak, WK [1 ]
Yoon, SY [1 ]
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[1] Kyung Hee Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 130701, South Korea
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10.1063/1.1286064
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Crystallization of amorphous silicon (a-Si) by Ni-silicide mediated crystallization (SMC) has been studied in an electric field with Ni area density between 3.3x10(13) and 5.7x10(14) atoms/cm(2) on the a-Si. The needlelike crystallites of similar to 1000 Angstrom in width and several micron length grow in the < 111 > directions with the < 011 > normal to the film surface when Ni area density was between 5.1x10(13) and 2.9x10(14) atoms/cm(2). However, dendritic crystallites have been found in the a-Si matrix without complete crystallization of the a-Si when the Ni area density was 3.3x10(13) atoms/cm(2). The field-effect mobility of the thin-film transistor using the SMC poly-Si was 60-112 cm(2)/V s when the average Ni bulk density in the poly-Si was around 3.0x10(18) atoms/cm(3), and it decreases with increasing Ni density. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(00)02313-6].
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