Research Article

Simulation and Experimental Study of Photogeneration and Recombination in Amorphous-Like Silicon Thin Films Deposited by 27.12 MHz Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

Table 1

Deposition conditions of the intrinsic and doped a-Si:H-like layers.

Deposition conditionp-type a-SiC:HBuffer layerIntrinsic layern-type layer

Power (W)10101010
Pressure (Pa)90909060
E/S (mm)20203025
Temperature (°C)200200200200
SiH4 flow rate (sccm)20204040
H2 flow rate (sccm)404016080
CH4 flow rate (sccm)1818
B2H6 flow rate (sccm)5
PH3 flow rate (sccm)5
Layer thickness (nm)106200–40030