TY - GEN
T1 - Incorporation of higher-order silane radicals into A-SI:H films of high stability against light exposure
AU - Shiratani, Masaharu
AU - Iwashita, Shinya
AU - Bando, Kouki
AU - Inoue, Toshihisa
AU - Koga, Kazunori
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - We have studied effects of higher-order silane (HOS) radicals on stability of a-Si:H films against light exposure by using a multi-hollow discharge plasma CVD method. For the method, a short gas residence time of ms in the discharge regions suppresses growth of a-Si:H nano-particles (hereafter referred to as clusters) and gas viscous force drives clusters toward the downstream region. Therefore, we can deposit a-Si:H films without incorporating clusters in the upstream region and such films show high stability. The method is effective in suppressing cluster amount in the discharges, while the method has little effects on Si2H5 and Si3H7 densities there.
AB - We have studied effects of higher-order silane (HOS) radicals on stability of a-Si:H films against light exposure by using a multi-hollow discharge plasma CVD method. For the method, a short gas residence time of ms in the discharge regions suppresses growth of a-Si:H nano-particles (hereafter referred to as clusters) and gas viscous force drives clusters toward the downstream region. Therefore, we can deposit a-Si:H films without incorporating clusters in the upstream region and such films show high stability. The method is effective in suppressing cluster amount in the discharges, while the method has little effects on Si2H5 and Si3H7 densities there.
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U2 - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279791
DO - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279791
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 1424400163
SN - 9781424400164
T3 - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
SP - 1596
EP - 1599
BT - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
Y2 - 7 May 2006 through 12 May 2006
ER -