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A Particular Structure of B-doped μc-Si/a-Si:H Layers on Insulator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

M. Le Berre ,
M. Lemiti ,
P. Pinard ,
E. Bustarret ,
W. Grieshaber ,
J.-C. Bruyère  and
M. Brunei
M. Le Berre
Affiliation:
LPM-INSA (URA CNRS 358), 20 AV. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
M. Lemiti
Affiliation:
LPM-INSA (URA CNRS 358), 20 AV. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
P. Pinard
Affiliation:
LPM-INSA (URA CNRS 358), 20 AV. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
E. Bustarret
Affiliation:
LEPES-CNRS, 166X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
W. Grieshaber
Affiliation:
LEPES-CNRS, 166X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
J.-C. Bruyère
Affiliation:
LEPES-CNRS, 166X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
M. Brunei
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Cristallographie du CNRS, 166X, 38042 Grenoble Cedex, France
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Abstract

Microcrystalline films of thicknesses ranging from 0.3 to 1.1 μm have been deposited on oxidized silicon wafers by PECVD in a 50KHz capacitive discharge reactor at 450°C. Two series of films have been elaborated over a wide range of boron concentrations at the same H2:SiH4 ratio of 9:1. Cross section TEM micrographs showed the films to consist of two sublayers of distinct crystalline nature, whose relative thickness depends on the preparation conditions. With a strongly <220> textured microcrystalline structure, the overlayer snowed a columnar morphology, while the amorphous underlayer reached thicknesses of 350nm. Two additional striking features were observed by TEM: - The grains took two symmetrical orientations relative to the preferential [220] growth axis;- The interface between the amorphous and crystalline regions had a sawtooth pattern with a period around 300nm. In contrast to these microstructural results, the B-profile as measured by SIMS was found to be fiat accross the whole thickness. These local measurements are compared to the results of grazing X ray diffraction and Raman measurements. We observe and discuss a discrepancy between the X ray coherence length and the dimensions of the columns as observed by TEM. While optimized conditions lead to a vanishing amorphous sublayer, the more original features described above are tentatively interpreted taking into account the high compressive strains in the layers deposited at low plasma frequencies.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 283: Symposium F – Microcrystalline Semiconductors–Materials Science and Devices , 1992 , 573
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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