Reduction of Defect State Density at SiO2/SiC Interface Formed by the Thermal Oxidation Accompanied with Direct CO Generation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kikuchi ◽  
Y. Fujino ◽  
K. Kita
2007 ◽  
Vol 84 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 2386-2389 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ohta ◽  
Y. Munetaka ◽  
A. Tsugou ◽  
K. Makihara ◽  
H. Murakami ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingya Hou ◽  
Jianping Xi ◽  
Frank Kampas ◽  
Sanghoon Bae ◽  
S. J. Fonash

ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes the charge transport in “tunnel junctions” of amorphous Si Material based multijunction solar cells and proposes some guidelines for making good “tunnel junctions” based on the analysis. The Mechanism of the current flow in these “tunnel” junctions is recombination. However, the recombination mechanism is not the usual localized recombination but is non-localized recombination. The energy analysis shows that the usual localized recombination will cause a large energy loss and result in much lower energy conversion efficiency and Voc than the experimentally measured values. In non-local recombination, opposite charge carriers located at different locations can recombine by tunneling into a defect state. Based on this Mechanism, a good “tunnel junction” should be thin, with a large defect state density in the middle region of the “tunnel junction”. Broad tail states material and a thin layer small band gap material in tunnel junctions may improve the non-local recombination by providing more intermediate states for charge to tunnel through.


2003 ◽  
Vol 763 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Gilmore ◽  
V. Kaydanov ◽  
T.R. Ohno

AbstractMeasurements of an admittance over a wide frequency range were used to detect the defect electronic states and evaluate their properties in CdTe based solar cells. Cells prepared in various ways, from various facilities all exhibited a high defect state density (>1014cm-3, and often >1015cm-3). Two distinct energy levels or bands were observed at approximately 0.37eV and 0.61eV above the valence band. These were tentatively attributed to CuCd- and VCd-- respectively. Various post-CdTe deposition treatments, as well as stress tests, were applied to alter the defect state densities. The high defect concentration measured was not observed to inhibit cell performance in any way.


2009 ◽  
Vol 615-617 ◽  
pp. 789-792
Author(s):  
Masato Noborio ◽  
Jun Suda ◽  
Tsunenobu Kimoto

P-channel MOSFETs have been fabricated on 4H-SiC (0001) face as well as on 4H-SiC (03-38) and (11-20) faces. The gate oxides were formed by thermal oxidation in dry N2O ambient, which is widely accepted to improve the performance of n-channel SiC MOSFETs. The p-channel SiC MOSFETs with N2O-grown oxides on 4H-SiC (0001), (03-38), and (11-20) faces show a channel mobility of 7 cm2/Vs, 11 cm2/Vs, and 17 cm2/Vs, respectively. From the quasi-static C-V curves measured by using gate-controlled diodes, the interface state density was calculated by an original method. The interface state density was the lowest at the SiO2/4H-SiC (03-38) interface (about 1x1012 cm-2eV-1 at EV + 0.2 eV). The authors have applied deposited oxides to the 4H-SiC p-channel MOSFETs. The (0001), (03-38), and (11-20) MOSFETs with deposited oxides exhibit a channel mobility of 10 cm2/Vs, 13 cm2/Vs, and 17 cm2/Vs, respectively. The deposited oxides are one of effective approaches to improve both n-channel and p-channel 4H-SiC MOS devices.


2017 ◽  
Vol 897 ◽  
pp. 323-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuji Hosoi ◽  
Daisuke Nagai ◽  
Mitsuru Sometani ◽  
Takayoshi Shimura ◽  
Manabu Takei ◽  
...  

This paper reviews our recent work on ultrahigh-temperature oxidation of 4H-SiC(0001) surfaces. Our rapid thermal oxidation experiments demonstrated the reaction-limited linear growth at temperatures ranging from 1200 to 1600°C. The Arrhenius plot of linear growth rate of thermal oxidation can be fitted by a linear line, and the activation energy of oxide growth in dry O2 oxidation was estimated to be 2.9 eV. We also found that unintentional oxidation during the cooling down process severely degrades SiO2/SiC interface properties, resulting in positive flatband voltage shift (VFB) and hysteresis in capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics regardless of oxidation temperature. By effectively suppressing oxide growth during the cooling process, we have clarified that SiO2/SiC interface properties depend on oxidation temperature and the lowest interface state density was obtained for the oxide formed at 1450°C.


1987 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. N. Parsons ◽  
G. Lucovsky

AbstractWe have studied the photoelectronic properities of a- Si(x),Ge(1−x):H alloy films and have concluded that there are depletion layers at the film surface and film/oxide interface that effect the determination of bulk quantum effieciencymobility- lifetime (nuT) products. From changes in dark conductivity activation energy with film thickness and the nuT product with wavelength of incident light we have estimated defeci sta:e lensitles. Our best x=0.5 film has an nuT value of 9×10−8 cm2 V−1 andaj defect state density near the Fermi level of approximately 5×10 cm−3 eV−1.


2021 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 111297
Author(s):  
Christina Hollemann ◽  
Nils Folchert ◽  
Steven P. Harvey ◽  
Paul Stradins ◽  
David L. Young ◽  
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