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Deposition of Device Quality, Low H Content a-Si:H by the Hot Wire Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

A. H. Mahan ,
B. P. Nelson ,
S. Salamon  and
R. S. Crandall
A. H. Mahan
Affiliation:
Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO 80401, USA
B. P. Nelson
Affiliation:
Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO 80401, USA
S. Salamon
Affiliation:
Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO 80401, USA
R. S. Crandall
Affiliation:
Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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Abstract

We report measurements of the Urbach edge, optical bandgap, and ambipolar diffusion length on a series of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) films deposited by hot-wire-assisted chemical vapor deposition (HW). We compare the properties of these films to those of a series of a-Si:H films deposited by the traditional radio frequency (rf) glow discharge (GD) technique, where we varied the substrate temperature to change the bonded H content (CH). We show for the first time that, as CH is decreased below the value traditionally associated with device quality GD a-Si:H (∼10 at.%), the electronic properties of the GD films deteriorate in the traditional manner while those for the HW samples remain device quality. Properties of these low CH HW samples will be presented and compared to those of GD films containing comparable CH. Because several indications exist that the structure of the HW films is different than that of the GD films, Raman and Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) measurements are presented to illustrate structural differences.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 219: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology - 1991 , 1991 , 673
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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