Calorimetry of hydrogen desorption from ɑ-Si nanoparticles

The process of hydrogen desorption from amorphous silicon (ɑ-Si) nanoparticles grown by plasmaenhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) has been analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy, with the aim of quantifying the energy exchanged. Two e...

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Autores: Farjas Silva, Jordi, Das, Debabrata, Fort, Joaquim, Roura Grabulosa, Pere, Bertrán Serra, Enric
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/7696
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/7696
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ciència dels materials
Materials science
Semiconductors amorfs
Amorphous semiconductors
Capes fines
Thin films
Materials nanoestructurals
Nanostructure materials
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Resumo:The process of hydrogen desorption from amorphous silicon (ɑ-Si) nanoparticles grown by plasmaenhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) has been analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy, with the aim of quantifying the energy exchanged. Two exothermic peaks centered at 330 and 410 °C have been detected with energies per H atom of about 50 meV. This value has been compared with the results of theoretical calculations and is found to agree with the dissociation energy of Si-H groups of about 3.25 eV per H atom, provided that the formation energy per dangling bond in ɑ-Si is about 1.15 eV. It is shown that this result is valid for ɑ-Si:H films, too