X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy studies of glow discharge Si1−xCx:H films
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 51 (6) , 3365-3372
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.328049
Abstract
X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) were used to characterize the air‐exposed and sputter‐cleaned surfaces of glow‐discharge‐produced Si1−xCx:H (x=0.05 to 0.90) films. On the air‐exposed surfaces, silicon was preferentially oxidized with the enriched carbon existing as graphite or hydrocarbon. Signal intensities obtained from the surfaces sputter cleaned with 1 keV Ar+ ion beams indicated no significant preferential sputtering of C to Si for these films. The values of the carbon 1s and silicon 2p and 2s binding energies as well as the valence band spectra suggested a significant change in the local atomic configurations at x∼0.6–0.7. Based on these XPS and AES results and the reported IR absorption data, a slightly cross‐linked, carbon and hydrogen substituted polysilicon and an almost fully cross‐linked, silicon and hydrogen substituted polycarbon were proposed to describe the structure of films below and above x∼0.6–0.7, respectively.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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