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Doping and Alloying of Hydrogenated Amorphous Germanium Films Prepared by DC-Magnetron Sputtering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1993

T. DrÜsedau ,
A. Annen  and
B. SchrÖder
T. DrÜsedau
Affiliation:
FB Physik der Universität Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, W-6750 Kaiserslautern Germany Feodor Lynen - Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt - Foundation,, Harvard University, Division of Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA 02138
A. Annen
Affiliation:
FB Physik der Universität Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, W-6750 Kaiserslautern Germany
B. SchrÖder
Affiliation:
FB Physik der Universität Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, W-6750 Kaiserslautern Germany
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Abstract

In this paper we present a detailed study of doping and alloying effects in a-Ge:H due to the incorporation of phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, boron, carbon and silicon. The film characterization was performed by means of quantitative analysis , optical absorption in the band and subband range and conductivity measurements. N and O were found to form donor states resulting in an increase of the dark conductivity up to five orders of magnitude. The maximum value of 0.3 (Ωcm)-1 has been obtained by N-doping of about 1 at% solid phase concentration, which exceeds the effect of P doping. B doping causes a decrease of the dark conductivity to a minimum of 10-6 (Ωcm)-1 at 150 ppm solid phase concentration. Addition of Si and C up to concentrations of about 5 at % does not influence the subgap absorption, where best values of E0<50 meV and α(0.6 eV)<10 cm-1 were obtained for the Urbach energy and midgap absorption, respectively. A Si content of 1 at % decreases the dark conductivity, whereas the normalized photoconductivity remains at a high level of ŋμτ=10-5 cm2V-1.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 297: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology - 1993 , 1993 , 717
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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