Abstract

Nucleation and growth process of nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) formed by radio frequency (RF) sputtering method and subsequently thermal treatment has been studied by using high resolution-transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electron spin resonance (ESR) methods. Silicon (Si) atoms in amorphous sub-oxide (a-SiO x ) film were coagulated to form nc-Si with diameter of approximately 1.5 nm in the film after annealing at 900 °C. The size and number of nc-Si increased with the increase of the annealing temperature. The average size of nc-Si observed at annealing temperature of 1100 °C was 2.5 nm. We also observed nc-Si with high pressure phase in the annealed sample.

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