THE INFLUENCE OF HYDROGEN DILUTION ON THE OPTOELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS-SILICON CARBIDE FILMS

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作者
DEMICHELIS, F
CROVINI, G
PIRRI, CF
TRESSO, E
GALLONI, R
RIZZOLI, R
SUMMONTE, C
ZIGNANI, F
RAVA, P
MADAN, A
机构
[1] CNR, IST CHIM & TECNOL MAT & COMPONENTE ELETTR LAMEL, BOLOGNA, ITALY
[2] FAC INGN BOLOGNA, DIPARTIMENTO CHIM APPL & SCI MAT, BOLOGNA, ITALY
[3] ELETTRORAVA, TURIN, ITALY
[4] MV SYST INC, GOLDEN, CO 80401 USA
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PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE B-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STATISTICAL MECHANICS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES | 1994年 / 69卷 / 02期
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10.1080/01418639408240116
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Amorphous silicon carbide films were deposited by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition technique in SiH4-CH4-H-2 gas mixtures and the effect of hydrogen dilution on the optoelectronic properties investigated using photothermal deflection spectroscopy, photoconductivity and dark electrical conductivity, photoluminescence and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Large H-2 dilution leads to materials of improved quality whose E(g) is about 2.0 eV. The materials were also incorporated into a solar cell device structure to confirm our conclusions.
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