Effect of annealing on crystalline property of poly-Si thin-film by Ge-induce crystallization

Kang Kun-Yong; Deng Shu-Kang; Shen Lan-Xian; Sun Qi-Li; Hao Rui-Ting; Hua Qi-Lin; Tang Run-Sheng; Yang Pei-Zhi; Li Ming

doi:10.7498/aps.61.198101

Abstract

In this paper, an a-Si/Ge thin film with a buried layer of Ge and an a-Si thin film are prepared on Si substrates at a temperature of 500 ℃ by magnetron sputtering. The prepared films are annealed for 5h at different temperatures in vacuum. The annealed films are characterized by Raman scattering, X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscope and field emission scanning electron microscope. The results reveal that Ge can induce amorphous Si (a-Si) growing at a temperature of 500 ℃ by magnetron sputtering crystallize after annealing at a temperature of 600 ℃ for 5h. And in the a-Si/Ge thin film the degrees of crystallization of a-Si are 44% and 54% at the annealing temperatures of 600 ℃ and 700 ℃, respectively. By comparison, a-Si thin film without Ge is crystallized at an annealing temperature of 800 ℃ for 5h and the degree of crystallization is 46%. The crystallization temperature of a-Si/Ge is reduced by 200 ℃ compared with that of a-Si film without buried Ge layer in the film. The prepared poly-Si thin film possesses high Si(200) orientation with a grain size of 76 nm. The preparation of poly-Si film by Ge-induced crystallization might be a useful technology for developing high-quality poly-Si film.

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Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Solar Energy Research Institute, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50902119, 61176127), and the International cooperation in science and technology project(Grant No: 2011DFA62380).

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