On the growth mechanism of plasma deposited amorphous silicon thin films

Pandey, Sumeet C. and Singh, Tejinder and Maroudas, Dimitrios. (2008) On the growth mechanism of plasma deposited amorphous silicon thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 93 (15). p. 151913. ISSN 00036951

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Abstract

We propose a comprehensive mechanism of amorphous silicon thin film growth by plasma deposition based on results of kinetic Monte Carlo simulations according to a database constructed by first-principles density functional theory calculations. The growth mechanism consists of various surface kinetic events including radical-surface and adsorbed radical-radical interactions, radical-surface diffusion, and surface hydride dissociation reactions. Of particular importance is the radical dissociative adsorption mediated by Si over-coordination defects along the reaction pathway. The proposed mechanism explains fully the experimentally measured surface composition of plasma deposited films under conditions that make the silyl radical the dominant deposition precursor.

Item Type: Article
InterNano Taxonomy: Nanomanufacturing Processes > Assembly Techniques > Surface-to-surface transfer
Nanomanufacturing Processes > Deposition of Nanostructured Films or Nanostructures > Adsorption
Nanoscale Objects and Nanostructured Materials > Nanocomposites > Thin films
Nanomanufacturing Processes
Collections: Nanomanufacturing Research Collection > Nanomanufacturing Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers > Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
Nanomanufacturing Research Collection
Depositing User: Moureen Kemei
Date Deposited: 25 Jan 2010 20:18
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2011 21:42
URI: http://eprints.internano.org/id/eprint/229

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