Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal of Applied Physics
78 (1995), S. 581-583
ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Highly photosensitive low band gap (≥1.5 eV) hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) films have been developed by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using helium dilution of the process gas, silane at substrate temperature 210 °C. Low band gap of a-Si:H films is achieved by reducing bonded hydrogen content and hence by increasing compactness of the films. At the optical gap ∼1.5 eV, a-Si:H film has high mobility lifetime product, ημτ (8×10−5 cm−2 V−1) and photosensitivity ((approximately-greater-than)7×104) values. The defect density of the material is as low as 7.8×1015 cm−3 eV−1 and hydrogen content is 4.54 at. %. Low band gap amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe:H) films reported so far do not have such high ημτ and photosensitivity values at 1.5 eV optical gap. Thus, this low band gap a-Si:H films can be used as intrinsic layer in the bottom cell of a multijunction solar cell replacing a-SiGe:H alloy films. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360575
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