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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Thin layers of Al2O3 with thickness tox ≤ 8 nm were grown by thermal atomic layer deposition at low temperature of 100 °C and applied to achieve functional surface passivation of crystalline silicon substrates. Measurements of the effective lifetime were performed to characterize the surface passivation effect. Lifetime values in the range of 0.5 ms were obtained for Al2O3 films with tox ≥ 6 nm upon post‐deposition annealing (PDA) at 250 °C in N2 atmosphere. However, when the thickness of the Al2O3 films was reduced to 4 nm, lifetime values well below 0.1 ms were observed even after PDA. Combined capacitance–voltage and conductance–voltage measurements were carried out to extract the amount of charges located near the silicon‐oxide interface and the density of electrically active interface states, respectively. The results of the electrical characterization were used to elucidate the intimate …
Publisher: 
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Publication date: 
1 Apr 2013
Authors: 

J Frascaroli, G Seguini, E Cianci, D Saynova, J Van Roosmalen, M Perego

Biblio References: 
Volume: 210 Issue: 4 Pages: 732-736
Origin: 
physica status solidi (a)