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Suppression of Near-interface Oxidation in Thermally-evaporated BaSi2 Films and Its Effects on Preferred Orientation and the Rectification Behavior of n-BaSi2/p+-Si Diodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2018

Kosuke O. Hara ,
Keisuke Arimoto ,
Junji Yamanaka ,
Kiyokazu Nakagawa  and
Noritaka Usami
Kosuke O. Hara*
Affiliation:
Center for Crystal Science and Technology, University of Yamanashi, 7-32 Miyamae, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
Keisuke Arimoto
Affiliation:
Center for Crystal Science and Technology, University of Yamanashi, 7-32 Miyamae, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
Junji Yamanaka
Affiliation:
Center for Instrumental Analysis, University of Yamanashi, 4-4-37 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8510, Japan
Kiyokazu Nakagawa
Affiliation:
Center for Crystal Science and Technology, University of Yamanashi, 7-32 Miyamae, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
Noritaka Usami
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
*
*(Email: khara@yamanashi.ac.jp)
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Abstract

Thermal evaporation is a simple method to fabricate a BaSi2 film, a new solar cell material consisting of earth-abundant elements. In this study, we optimized the evaporation process and suppressed near-interface oxidation in evaporated BaSi2 films on Si(100) substrates, which has been detected in previous studies. Composition depth profiles determined by Auger electron spectroscopy show the decrease of oxygen concentration near the interface to the background level by optimizing the source pre-melting condition. By reducing oxygen concentration, the BaSi2 film becomes more preferentially oriented toward [100] as long as the deposition rate is not changed, as evidenced by X-ray diffraction. It is also shown that the rectification behavior of n-BaSi2/p+-Si diodes improves by suppressing the near-interface oxidation.

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physical vapor deposition (PVD)semiconductingpolycrystal
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MRS Advances , Volume 3 , Issue 25: Energy and Sustainability , 2018 , pp. 1387 - 1392
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