HYDROGEN DIFFUSION IN A-SI-H STIMULATED BY INTENSE ILLUMINATION

被引:9
作者
GREIM, O [1 ]
WEBER, J [1 ]
BAER, Y [1 ]
KROLL, U [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NEUCHATEL,INST MICROTECHNOL,CH-2000 NEUCHATEL,SWITZERLAND
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 15期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10644
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) films have been thermally annealed at temperatures in the range 220-270 degrees C for 24-48 h either under intense visible light illumination (4-16 W/cm(2)) or in the dark. After each annealing, the hydrogen-concentration profile was measured with Rutherford-backscattering-spectrometry and elastic-recoil-detection-analysis ion-beam analysis methods. A model is proposed which shows that, in good agreement with our results, the hydrogen-diffusion constant D-H is proportional to the power of illumination and also proportional to the loosely bonded hydrogen concentration. Other consequences of the model are discussed.
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页码:10644 / 10648
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