ZHANG Bing-ye, XIE Hong-li, FANG Xuan etc. Passivation Mechanism of AlO<em><sub>x</sub></em> Thin Film Fabricated on c-Si by Atomic Layer Deposition[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2016,37(2): 192-196
ZHANG Bing-ye, XIE Hong-li, FANG Xuan etc. Passivation Mechanism of AlO<em><sub>x</sub></em> Thin Film Fabricated on c-Si by Atomic Layer Deposition[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2016,37(2): 192-196 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20163702.0192.
Passivation Mechanism of AlOx Thin Film Fabricated on c-Si by Atomic Layer Deposition
thin films with various thicknesses were fabricated on p-type textured crystalline silicon wafers through atomic layer deposition. The optical and electrical properties of AlO
x
thin films were significantly improved by adjusting their thicknesses. The reflectance of AlO
x
thin films decreased from 10.12% to 0.96% with increasing thickness in a wide spectral range from 350 to 1 000 nm. The passivation effect of AlO
x
was discussed by using quasi steady state photo conductance (QSSPC) and capacitance-voltage (
C-V
) measurement. The AlO
x
thin film with the thickness of 32 nm shows the highest
eff
and lowest interfacial state density (
D
it
). The origin of the polarity changing of the equivalent oxide charge (
Q
f
) for the annealed AlO
x
thin film was also investigated.
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