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sol jy^ ~ / ^ ? 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ^^^, AJO. 77 LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Photoluminescence in a-Si:H 1.1.1 Localized States in a-Si:H 1.1.2 ThermaUzation of Carriers in a-Si:H 1.1.3 Relaxation Effects in a-Si:H 1.1.4 Recombination in a-Si:H 1.1.5 Recombination Kinetics in a-Si:H 1.2 Scope of This Work II. EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS 2.1 Film Deposition 2.1.1 Glow Discharge Systems 2.1.2 Reactive Sputtering 2.2 Characterization Techniques 2.2.1 Optical Absorption 2.2.2 Constant Photocurrent Method/ Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy 2.2.3 Infrared Absorption 2.3 PL Experimental Setup III. DATA ANALYSIS 3.1 Calibration of the system 3.2 Analysis of PL decays 3.3 PL Decay Model IV. PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN UNDOPED A-SLH 4.1 CW PL in a-Si:H 4.2 PL Decays in a-Si:H 4.2.1 Bound Exciton Theory 4.2.2 Emission energy dependence 4.2.3 Temperature Dependence 4.2.4 Excitation energy dependence 4.2.5 Electric Field Dependence 4.3 Discussion 11
V. PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN a-Sii_xCx:H 5.1 Variation of parameters with carbon content 5.2 CW PL in a-Sii_xC:,:H films 5.3 PL decays in a-Sii-^CiiH films 5.4 Discussion VI. PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN a-SiNîH 6.1 Variation of parameters with nitrogen content 6.2 CW PL in a-SiN:,:H films 6.3 PL decays in a-SiNîH films VII. ELECTRIC FIELD QUENCHING OF CW PL IN a-Si:H 7.1 Results and Interpretation 7.2 Discussion of Results Vin. CONCLUSIONS 8.1 Recommendations for further research REFERENCES 111
Page 1: PHOTOLUMINESCENCE STUDIES IN HYDROG
Page 5 and 6: LIST OF FIGURES 1.1 Comparison of a
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Page 37 and 38: CHAPTER n EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS 2.1
Page 39 and 40: 32 Table 2.1: Deposition parameters
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46 in CM o cs CO ^-» c D ^ h— CD
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48 the decay parameters obtained fr
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50 where a, and r, are the zero-tim
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52 U3 CO »^7 O tn - 0.0 10.0 20.0
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54 lifetime distribution. This sugg
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56 separately because, according to
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58 Table 4.1: Summary of characteri
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60 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Energy (eV) Figu
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62 chapter, the total contribution
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64 in d o At 1.46 eV c O _SCD o CJ
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66 As the Fermi level lies somewher
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68 of these states as a function of
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70 thermalization depth of electron
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72 Ennission Energy 1.40 eV 1.46 eV
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ecombination decreases (according t
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76 CO 00 3d- 0) E *a5S M_ O- "^ d o
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78 Although the three mean lifetime
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80 where E is the energy of the exc
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82 relative contribution of the lon
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84 4.2.5 Electric Field Dependence
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86 approximation, they model the PL
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88 more plausible with one major mo
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90 comparable lifetimes and a const
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CHAPTER V PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN a-Si
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94 Table 5.1: Carbon Contents of th
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96 0.0 0.2 0.4 Composition(x) Figur
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98 integrated absorption follows th
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100 energy increases monotonically
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102 content (Fig. 5.5(b)) to almost
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104 carbon content are shown in Fig
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106 Li this equation, if we assume
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108 indicating a disorder broadenin
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110 the foUowing discussion we wiU
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112 in d o ai At 25K LEGEND • x=0
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114 Table 5.2: Comparison of ao for
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116 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 Ti
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118 in O in in oi x=0.99 • At 1.6
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120 PL decay at similar emission en
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122 needed to affect PL decays in t
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124 Siebert et al. [70] have found
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CHAPTER VI PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN a-S
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128 Table 6.1: Correlation between
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130 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.09 Composition
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132 measurements shows a continuous
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134 CM d LEGEND x=0.00 x=0.05 'x=0.
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136 0.04 0.08 0.12 Urbach Energy(eV
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138 O o o CD O o GO CM x=0.00 x=0.0
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140 LEGEND x=0.05 x=ô:io • x=0.1
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142 Another possibility for the ins
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146 O d in O d CO • ^M^ c 3 x> ^
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148 discussion we wiU use --^ for c
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150 10 10* Field{V/cm) Figure 7.5:
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152 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 Relative Change
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154 The two curves exhibit a linear
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156 IpL (T=25 K,F=0). In the region
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and 158 j~r - 1 a r^ T < 100 K. (7.
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160 Thus, these two quantities are
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162 We think that this argument hol
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CHAPTER Vm CONCLUSIONS In this work
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166 This supports the disorder broa
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168 prepared a-Sii_xCx:H fUms and c
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REFERENCES [1] Carison, D.E., and W
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172 [36] Tauc, J., Grigorovici, R.
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174 [71] Palsule, C, Gangopadhyay,
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