Microcrystalline-phase p-type a-Si:O:H windows prepared by Cat-CVD

Different amounts of oxygen, boron-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (µc-Si:H) deposition were carried out using catalytic chemical-vapor deposition (Cat-CVD) process. Pure silane (SiH4), hydrogen (H2), oxygen (O2), and diluted diborane (B2H6) ga...

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Autores: YASUHIRO MATSUMOTO KUWABARA, ZHENRUI YU
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/1108
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/1108
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Boron-doped silicon oxide/Boron-doped silicon oxide
info:eu-repo/classification/Solar cell windows/Solar cell windows
info:eu-repo/classification/Catalytic-CVD/Catalytic-CVD
info:eu-repo/classification/Microcrystalline silicon/Microcrystalline silicon
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2203
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Sumario:Different amounts of oxygen, boron-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (µc-Si:H) deposition were carried out using catalytic chemical-vapor deposition (Cat-CVD) process. Pure silane (SiH4), hydrogen (H2), oxygen (O2), and diluted diborane (B2H6) gases were used at the deposition pressure of 0.1–0.5 Torr. The tungsten catalyst temperature (Tfil) was varied from 1700 to 2100 1C. Sample transmittance measurement shows an optical-band gap (Egopt ) variation from 1.45 to 2.1 eV X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra have revealed silicon microcrystalline phases for the samples prepared at the temperature greater than Tfil~1900 oC. For the used silicon oxide deposition conditions, no strong tungsten filament degradation was observed after a number of sample preparations.