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Device quality a-Si:H deposited from electron cyclotron resonance at very high deposition rates

  • M. E. Gueunier-Farret
  • , C. Bazin
  • , J. P. Kleider
  • , C. Longeaud
  • , P. Bulkin
  • , D. Daineka
  • , T. H. Dao
  • , P. Roca i Cabarrocas
  • , P. Descamps
  • , T. Kervyn de Meerendre
  • , P. Leempoel
  • , M. Meaudre
  • , R. Meaudre
  • Université Paris-Sud 11
  • Institut polytechnique de Paris
  • Dow Corning ATVB Energy - Europe
  • IGFL, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1

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Abstract

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) samples were produced by Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) plasma at very high deposition rates (up to 38 Å/s). The transport and defect-related properties were inferred on 0.1-4.3 μm thick samples in coplanar and sandwich geometries using a set of complementary techniques. The best samples deposited around 25 Å/s exhibit electronic properties comparable to those of solar device quality a-Si:H deposited by RF PECVD at deposition rates around 1 Å/s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1913-1916
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume352
Issue number9-20 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2006

Keywords

  • Amorphous silicon
  • Defects
  • High deposition rates
  • Transport properties

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