Abstract
The effect of hydrogen dilution during plasma deposition on hydrogen incorporation and the optical and electrical properties of a-SiHx films were studied. The films were grown in capacitive low-frequency (f = 10 and 110 kHz) discharge in SiH4 diluted with H2, varying the ratio RH of the gases H2/SiH4 from RH = 0 to 40. The optical absorption coefficient and optical bandgap were changed with RH. Si–H bonding, studied by infrared spectroscopy, depended on RH. Hydrogen concentration in the films estimated from infrared spectra was in the range 20–30%. We observed the significant effect of RH on the temperature dependence of conductivity σ(T) and on the subgap absorption spectra measured by the constant photocurrent method. The reduction of subgap absorption up to 1.5 order of magnitude was observed with increasing RH.
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