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| Journal Article | FZJ-2014-05553 |
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2014
NRC Research Press
Ottawa, Ontario
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1139/cjp-2013-0638
Abstract: Metastability and instability effects due to oxygen exposure in thick intrinsic hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon films deposited by very high frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition on smooth glass substrates were investigated using temperature-dependent dark conductivity, steady state photoconductivity, and sub-bandgap absorption measurements obtained using the dual beam photoconductivity (DBP) method. No significant changes in dark conductivity and photoconductivity were detected even after long-term air exposure of samples in room ambient as well as after oxygen exposure when samples were characterized in oxygen ambient. However, characterization of the oxygen-exposed state in high vacuum caused an increase in dark conductivity and photoconductivity as well as a significant decrease in the sub-bandgap absorption coefficient spectra in the low energy region in samples with . These changes are partially irreversible for samples and mostly reversible for compact materials with significant amorphous fraction. No detectable metastable changes occurred in microcrystalline silicon samples with as well as in pure amorphous silicon.
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