An Approach to High Quality a-Ge:H by VHF Deposition
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in MRS Proceedings
Abstract
Amorphous hydrogenated germanium a-Ge:H was deposited by very high frequency glow discharge (VHF-GD) at frequencies between 25 and 220MHz, low pressure (2.5Pa) and high deposition rates (≤4Á /s) on both electrodes of a parallel plate reactor. The films are comparable to material deposited on the powered electrode of a conventional RF-GD. Mobility-lifetime products ηµτ for photogenerated charge carriers around 10-7cm2/V and a Fermi level position at EC-EF≈400meV indicate good opto-electronic properties. The IR spectra show that the samples are free of oxydization and incorporate slightly more voids than the RF material. Measurements of ion energy Ei and flux Фi in the substrate plane show that “hard&” preparation conditions are obtained comparable to the deposition on the powered electrode of an RF-GD.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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