Kinetics of amorphous silicon dissolution into aluminum layers

P. K. Shetty; N. D. Theodore; J. W. Mayer; Terry Alford

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2005.09.022

Kinetics of amorphous silicon dissolution into aluminum layers

P. K. Shetty, N. D. Theodore, J. W. Mayer, Terry Alford

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This study investigates the temperature dependence of the formation of pores in amorphous silicon films for potential application with flexible polymer substrates. An 800 nm layer of amorphous silicon (a-Si) was deposited on a silicon dioxide/silicon (SiO₂/Si) substrate followed by a 20 nm layer of aluminum (Al). Samples were annealed in a vacuum anneal furnace at temperatures between 300 and 600 °C, and were then analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Pore depths were measured using cross-section transmission electron microscopy (XTEM), and an activation energy (E_A) of 0.57 eV was derived for pore formation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	490-493
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	60
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2005.09.022
State	Published - Feb 2006

Keywords

Aluminum induced crystallization
XTEM

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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