TEM INVESTIGATION OF COPPER PRECIPITATION AT GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN SILICON

Abstract
The precipitation of copper rich particles at different grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon was investigated in the TEM. They appear after a high temperature anneal with copper scraped on the surface. Tens to hundreds of small particles, up to 60 nm in size, form colonies of extension 1 to 3 µm. The particles nucleate at facets and dislocations in the grain boundaries and have similar features to those found in single crystal material

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