VISIBLE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN HIGHLY PHOTOCONDUCTIVE HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS-SILICON DEPOSITED BY GLOW-DISCHARGE OF SIH4 HIGHLY DILUTED WITH HE

被引:20
作者
AKIYAMA, K
OGIWARA, A
OGAWA, H
机构
[1] Central Research Laboratories, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Moriguchi, Osaka, 570
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 10期
关键词
WIDE-GAP A-SI-H; VISIBLE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; HE DILUTION; MONOSILANE; PLASMA CVD;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.5793
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A wide-band-gap (>2.0 eV) hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) film showing visible photoluminescence (PL) is obtained by rf glow-discharge decomposition of SiH4 highly diluted with He. The PL and the structural properties of the a-Si:H are investigated. The He dilution leads to the extension of the band gap and the increase of the SiH2 and (SiH2)(n) configurations in the film. The PL increases rapidly and blue-shifts consistently with the increase of the SiH2 and (SiH2)(n) configurations. By observation using transmission electron microscopy and Raman scattering, it is found that the film consists of uniform amorphous structure and includes no microcrystallites. The him exhibits a photoconductivity (under AM-1 light of 100 mW/cm(2)) to dark conductivity ratio of over 10(6) in addition to a visible PL at room temperature. This new a-Si:H film has potential for application to an optical device with characteristics of both light emission and photosensitivity.
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页码:5793 / 5800
页数:8
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