Hydrogen effusion: a probe for surface desorption and diffusion

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Abstract

Hydrogen effusion results are discussed for hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and related alloys as well as for crystalline silicon (c-Si). It is demonstrated that depending on the microstructure of the material, hydrogen effusion gives information on hydrogen diffusion or surface desorption. The results suggest for compact a-Si:H and for ion implanted c-Si a similar hydrogen diffusion process, which is a trap limited motion of atomic hydrogen. Hydrogen effusion from defect-free c-Si and from void-rich amorphous semiconductors is limited by surface desorption. Both hydrogen diffusion and desorption depend on the Fermi energy if hydrogen bonds to the host material are broken.

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