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Dec 21, 2019
EFFECT OF SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION ON PROPERTIES OF THERMALLY EVAPORATED BARIUM DISILICIDE THIN-FILMS
Corresponding Author(s) : Mai Thi Kieu Lien
mtklien@ued.udn.vn
UED Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education,
Vol. 9 No. 5 (2019): UED JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND EDUCATION
Abstract
Orthorhombic BaSi2 films were grown successfully on flat and modified Ge substrates the by thermal evaporation method at 500 oC with an a-Si supply layer. The obtained results showed that within a short etching time te (less than 15 min), the substrate modification had a negligible impact on improving the crystalline quality and optical properties of the BaSi2 films in comparison with using flat substrate. When te is 15 min, the crystalline quality as well as optical properties were improved significantly. However, the crystalline quality degraded whereas the optical properties was still improved as te > 15 min. Therefore, we chose te of 15 min as the optimized condition for surface modification of Ge substrate. Photoresponse properties of evaporated BaSi2 films on modified (with te = 15 min) and flat Ge substrates showed that the film grown on the former has better properties than that on the latter. We also confirmed the bandgap of thermally-evaporated BaSi2 films at 1.29 eV. These results suggest the potential application of the BaSi2 thin-film evaporated on modified Ge substrate as an absorber for thin-film solar cells.
Keywords
Barium disilicide; Silicide semiconductor; thermal evaporation; substrate modification; optical property; photoresponse; Ge substrate
Mai Thi Kieu Lien. (2019). EFFECT OF SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION ON PROPERTIES OF THERMALLY EVAPORATED BARIUM DISILICIDE THIN-FILMS . UED Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, 9(5), 21-25. Retrieved from https://jshe.vn/index.php/jshe/article/view/96
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