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Effect of progressive annealing on Silicon Nanostructures grown by Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition

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Title Effect of progressive annealing on Silicon Nanostructures grown by Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition
 
Creator PATIL, TC
MAHAJAN, P
CHAKRABARTI, S
 
Subject a-si-h
amorphous-silicon
device-quality
plasma
decomposition
nanocrystals
silane
films
silicon nanostructures
hot wire cvd
nanopillars
afm
 
Description In this work, the evolution of Silicon Nanostructures with progressive annealing has been studied. Hot Wire CVD (HWCVD) process was used to deposit a Si(x)N(y)/a-Si structure on an n-type < 100 > Silicon substrate with the Nitride acting as the buffer layer. The depositions were carried out at a low substrate temperature (250 degrees C) which is precisely why HWCVD was chosen over other processes for this work. The as-deposited sample was then annealed at 800 degrees C and 900 degrees C respectively. AFM studies revealed promising results hinting at the presence of Silicon Nanostructures. With progressive annealing the Nanostructures began to evolve, eventually turning into sharp Nanopillars upon annealing at 900 degrees C. In this paper, a growth model has been proposed which attempts to validate the experimental results. Though a lot of work is currently underway in this field, study of Silicon Nanostructures grown by HWCVD technique is relatively new.
 
Publisher ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
 
Date 2011-07-12T20:31:08Z
2011-12-26T12:47:47Z
2011-12-27T05:40:02Z
2011-07-12T20:31:08Z
2011-12-26T12:47:47Z
2011-12-27T05:40:02Z
2010
 
Type Article
 
Identifier SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES, 48(2), 190-197
0749-6036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2010.05.008
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/3597
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/3597
 
Language en