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The ratio of I(Hα*)/I(SiH*), obtained from the real time optical emission spectroscopy (OES) measurement in the high-rate microcrystalline silicon deposition process, as a function of time is used to analyze the cause of increasing crystallinity along the growth direction. Hydrogen dilution gradient method which means silane concentration gradient and hydrogen flow gradient method is adopted to improve vertical structure uniformity of the material. High-quality microcrystalline material around 53%-62% of Xc can be prepared through silane concentration gradient compared with 55%-75% of Xc prepared in the traditional method. In the silane depleted cases, by increasing the hydrogen flow the longitudinal uniformity of the material can be effectively improved. The vertical crystallinity around 53%-60% can be obtained. This is mainly due to the increase of the hydrogen flow that makes the collision probability increased, as a result, electron temperature of plasma reduced. Thus, the decomposition of hydrogen decreases and the reaction of hydrogen annihilation is suppressed. At the same time, the influence of back diffusion of SiH4 is suppressed. The gradually increasing trend of the ratio of I(Hα*)/I(SiH*) is controlled during the deposition of microcrystalline silicon film.
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Keywords:
- optical emission spectroscopy /
- high-rate deposition /
- microcrystalline silicon /
- vertical structure uniformity
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[1] Shah A V, Meirer J, Vallat-Sauvain E, Wyrsch N, Kroll U, Droz C, Graf U 2003 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 78 469
[2] Matsuda A 2004 J. Non-cryst. Solids 338-340 1
[3] Guha S 2004 Sol. Energy 77 887
[4] Guo L, Kondo M, Fukawa M, Saitoh K, Matsuda A 1998 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 37 L1116
[5] Kilper T, van den Donker M N, Carius R, Rech B, Bräuer G, Repmann T 2008 Thin Solid Films 516 4633
[6] van den Donker M N, Schmitz R, Appenzeller W, Rech B, Kessels W M M, van de Sanden M C M 2006 Thin Solid Films 511-512 562
[7] Yamauchi Y, Takatsuka H, Kawamura K, Yamashita N, Fukagawa M, Takeuchi Y 2005 Tech. Rev. Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. 42 1
[8] Sobajima Y, Higuchi T, Chantana J, Toyama T, Sada C, Matsuda A, Okamoto H 2010 Phys. Status Solidi C 7 521
[9] Gao Y T, Zhang X D, Zhao Y, Sun J, Zhu F, Wei C C, Chen F 2006 Chin. Phys. 15 1110
[10] Wronski C R, Collins R W 2004 Sol. Energy 77 877
[11] Lien S Y, Chang Y C, Cho Y S, Chang Y Y, Lee S J 2012 IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 59 1245
[12] Hou G F, Xue J M, Guo Q C, Sun J, Zhao Y, Geng X H, Li Y G 2007 Chin. Phys. 16 553
[13] Du C C, Wei T C, Chang C H, Lee S L, Liang M W, Huang J R, Wu C H, Shirakura A, Morisawa R, Suzuki T 2012 Thin Solid Films 520 3999
[14] Fukuda Y, Sakuma Y, Fukai C, Fujimura Y, Azuma K, Shirai H 2001 Thin Solid Films 386 256
[15] Zhang X D, Zhao Y, Zhu F, Wei C C, Wu C Y, Gao Y T, Hou G F, Sun J, Geng X H, Xiong S Z 2005 Acta Phys. Sin. 54 445 (in Chinese) [张晓丹, 赵颖, 朱峰, 魏长春, 吴春亚, 高艳涛, 侯国付, 孙建, 耿新华, 熊绍珍 2005 物理学报 54 445]
[16] Feitknecht L, Meier J, Torres P, Zrcher J, Shah A 2002 Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 74 539
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