Gogoi, Purabi and Dixit , P. N. and Agarwal, Pratima
(2008)
Transport and stability studies on high band gap a-Si : H films prepared by argon dilution.
In: International Workshop on the Physics of Mesoscopic and Disordered Materials (MESODIS 2006) , DEC 04-08, 2006 , Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, INDIA .
Abstract
Device quality hydrogenated amorphous silicon films (a-Si:H) are deposited at a high deposition rate (4-5 angstrom/s) using a mixture of argon and hydrogen-diluted silane. The films exhibit good opto-electronic properties and show less degradation upon light soaking. Light-induced changes in conductivity could be annealed at much lower temperature. The presence of Ar* and atomic hydrogen in plasma replaces the weak Si-Si bonds, which are responsible for light-induced degradation by strong Si-Si bonds. This results in the improved stability of the films.
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