Hydrogen equilibration in polycrystalline silicon
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Hydrogen equilibration in polycrystalline silicon was investigated as a function of annealing time and temperature using electron spin resonance and hydrogen effusion measurements. During a vacuum anneal at least 1.5 1021 cm−3 H atoms are mobile in the lattice, however, only about 3.7 1018 cm−3 H atoms passivate Si dangling bonds. The results show that the annealing treatment can cause the vast majority of H atoms to accumulate in H stabilized platelets. Since defect passivation preferentially occurs at grain boundaries and platelet nucleation and growth are confined to the interior of single-crystal grains, H equilibration is governed by two spatially separated processes. Moreover, the data demonstrate that the hydrogen density-of-states distribution is dynamic and changes in response to experimental parameters. © 2007 American Institute of Physics. DOI: 10.1063/1.2716348
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