Polycrystalline silicon films on glass grown by amorphous-liquid-crystalline transition at temperatures below 330 °C |
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Authors: | Robert Heimburger Nils DeßmannThomas Teubner Hans-Peter SchrammTorsten Boeck Roberto Fornari |
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Affiliation: | Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung Max-Born-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany |
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Abstract: | An approach to deposit polycrystalline silicon layers on amorphous substrates is presented. It is shown that metastable amorphous silicon can be transformed into its more stable microcrystalline structure at a temperature below 330 °C via an intermediate liquid solution stage. In particular, the interaction of liquid indium nanodroplets in contact with amorphous silicon is shown to lead to the formation of circular polycrystalline domains. Crystallinity of these domains is analyzed by micro-Raman spectroscopy. The droplet size necessary for the onset of crystallization is related to the temperature of the film. Full coverage of the substrate with microcrystalline silicon has been obtained at 320 °C within less than one hour. These films might act as seeding layers for further enlargement by steady-state liquid phase epitaxy. |
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Keywords: | Metal-induced crystallization Silicon on glass Solution growth Amorphous-liquid-crystalline transition Physical vapor deposition Raman spectroscopy Scanning electron microscopy |
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