Mode of growth and microstructure of polycrystalline silicon obtained by solid‐phase crystallization of an amorphous silicon film

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 3944-3952 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Haji ◽  
P. Joubert ◽  
J. Stoemenos ◽  
N. A. Economou
Keyword(s):  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Silicon Film ◽  
Solid Phase Crystallization ◽  
Amorphous Silicon Film

High-Quality Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Film Prepared by a Solid Phase Crystallization Method

1994 ◽  
Vol 358 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Baba ◽  
T. Matsuyama ◽  
T. Sawada ◽  
T. Takahama ◽  
K. Wakisaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Silicon Film ◽  
Columnar Structure ◽  
High Electron ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Solid Phase Crystallization ◽  
Crystallization Method ◽  
First Time ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon Film

ABSTRACTWe succeeded, for the first time, in depositing a silicon film which features 1000Å-wide single-crystalline grains embedded in a matrix of amorphous tissue. The deposition was done by plasma-enhanced CVD from silane diluted with hydrogen at a considerably high temperature (550°C). 5pm-thick undoped amorphous silicon film was deposited on the above film and was crystallized by a solid phase crystallization method. The polycrystalline silicon film which was obtained has a columnar structure and shows an extremely high electron mobility of 808 cm2/Vs.

Bubbly Silicon: A New Mechanism for Solid Phase Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis Anderson ◽  
Lin Cui ◽  
Uwe Kortshagen
Keyword(s):  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Silicon Nanocrystals ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Amorphous Film ◽  
Silicon Films ◽  
Amorphous Films ◽  
Solid Phase Crystallization ◽  
Rapid Formation ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon Films

This paper describes the rapid formation of polycrystalline silicon films through seeding with silicon nanocrystals. The incorporation of seed crystals into amorphous silicon films helps to eliminate the crystallization incubation time observed in non-seeded amorphous silicon films. Furthermore, the formation of several tens of nanometer in diameter voids is observed when cubic silicon nanocrystals with around 30 nm in size are embedded in the amorphous films. These voids move through the amorphous film with high velocity, pulling behind them a crystallized “tail.” This mechanism leads to rapid formation of polycrystalline films.

Ni-Induced Selective Nucleation and Solid Phase Epitaxy of Large-Grained Poly-Si on Glass

1999 ◽  
Vol 587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaria A. Puglisi ◽  
Hiroshi Tanabe ◽  
Claudine M. Chen ◽  
Harry A. Atwater ◽  
Emanuele Rimini
Keyword(s):  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Silicon Film ◽  
Crystallization Rate ◽  
Silicon Films ◽  
Solid Phase Epitaxy ◽  
Tem Analysis ◽  
Glass Substrates

AbstractWe investigated the formation of large-grain polycrystalline silicon films on glass substrates for application in low-cost thin film crystalline silicon solar cells. Since use of glass substrates constrains process temperatures, our approach to form large-grain polycrystalline silicon templates is selective nucleation and solid phase epitaxy (SNSPE). In this process, selective crystallization of an initially amorphous silicon film, at lithographically predetermined sites, enables grain sizes larger than those observed via random crystallization. Selective heterogeneous nucleation centers were created on undoped, 75 nm thick, amorphous silicon films, by masked implantation of Ni islands, followed by annealing at temperatures below 600 °. At this temperature, the Ni precipitates into NiSi2 particles that catalyze the transition from the amorphous to the crystalline Si phase. Seeded crystallization begins at the metal islands and continues via lateral solid phase epitaxy (SPE), thus obtaining crystallized regions of several tens of square microns in one hour. We have studied the dependence of the crystallization rate on the Ni-implanted dose in the seed, in the 5×1015/cm3 - 1016/cm3range. The large grained polycrystalline Si films were then used as a substrate for molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) depositions of 1 [.proportional]m thick Si layers. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis showed a strong correlation between the substrate morphology and the deposited layer. The layer presented a large grain morphology, with sizes of about 4 [.proportional]m.

A new thin film Growth/Regrowth Process Design and Experimental Comparisons with Molecular Dynamic Analyses

1992 ◽  
Vol 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takako K. Okada ◽  
Shigeru Kambayashi ◽  
Moto Yabuki ◽  
Yoshitaka Tsunashima ◽  
Yuichi Mirata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Process Design ◽  
Film Growth ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Silicon Film ◽  
Thin Film Growth ◽  
Phase Growth ◽  
Amorphous Silicon Film

ABSTRACTA new concept of thin film growth/regrowth process design taking atomic motions into account using molecular dynamics is proposed. In the system, a modified many-body Tersoff-type interatomic potential for silicon has been adopted. The mathematical derivation of higher order derivatives was rigorously treated. Among many applications, the solid phase growth process was studied. It has been found from simulation studies that the solid phase growth of crystalline silicon proceeded along the [110] direction layer by layer. Furthermore, it has been obtained that all the atoms are activated in an extremely thin amorphous silicon film. Based on simulated results, an experiment using an extremely thin amorphous silicon film was carried out. It has been found that the perfect spherical silicon crystals with a uniform size and spacing can be grown from a thin amorphous silicon film.

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