Silicon oxide thin films prepared by a photo-chemical vapour deposition technique |
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Authors: | T Jana S Ghosh S Ray |
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Affiliation: | (1) Energy Research Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, 700 032, India |
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Abstract: | Wide band gap a-SiOx:H films have been prepared by the photochemical decomposition of a SiH4, CO2 and H2 gas mixture. Deposition parameters namely the CO2 to SiH4 gas flow ratio, H2 dilution and chamber pressure were optimized in order to achieve highly photoconducting (1 × 10-6 S cm-1) films with an optical gap of 1.99 eV. The optical gap was found to increase with an increase in the CO2 to SiH4 flow ratio. A decrease in the photoconductivity, refractive index, spin g-value and a simultaneous increase in the spin density are attributed to an incorporation of oxygen into the films. Upon hydrogen
dilution the photoconductivity of a-SiOx:H films was observed to improve along with an increase of the optical gap. The spin density of a-SiOx:H films was of the order of 1017 cm-9. The optoelectronic properties of the films have been correlated with the bonding configurations in the film, deposition
parameters and the growth kinetics.
This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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