Low-Temperature Growth of Polycrystalline silicon Films by SiCl 4 /H 2 rf Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition
- 24 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Chinese Physics Letters
- Vol. 20 (10) , 1879-1882
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307x/20/10/364
Abstract
Polycrystalline silicon film was directly fabricated at 200°C by the conventional plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition method from SiCl4 with H2 dilution. The crystallization depends strongly on the deposition power. The maximum crystallinity and the crystalline grain size are over 80% and 200-500 nm, respectively. The results of energy dispersive spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy measurements demonstrate that the film is mostly composed of silicon, without impurities such as Cl, N, C and bonded H. It is suggested that the crystallization at such a low temperature originates from the effects of chlorine, i.e., in-situ chemical, etching, in-situ chemical cleaning, and the detachment of bonded H.Keywords
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