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Properties of glow-discharge deposited amorphous germanium and silicon
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In this article, it is suggested that the de-localisation of states in the valence and conduction bands as the short range order increases is due to a hopping process in an impurity band.Abstract:
Films of silicon and germanium are deposited on glass using the radio-frequency glow-discharge decomposition of silane and germane gases respectively. When grown on a substrate at room temperature the films are amorphous, with a short range order of about 20 A. The resistivities of these films, as deposited, are typically 108Ω cm for silicon and 7 × 103 Ω cm for germanium, measured at 294°K. Thermal activation energies for conduction decrease continuously below the deposition temperature, and at low temperatures germanium follows the relation log ’ = A/T 1 4 , where A is a constant. This would seem to indicate that a hopping process in an impurity band is responsible for conduction at low temperatures. Photoconductivity has been observed in silicon but not in germanium. The threshold energy for this effect decreases with increasing deposition or annealing temperatures. This is also true of the high temperature thermal activation energy. It is suggested that this is due to the de-localisation of states in the valence and conduction bands as the short range order increases. The optical absorption coefficients of germanium and silicon have an exponential dependence on photon energy and the considerable absorption below the fundamental absorption edge of the crystalline form may indicate the presence of localised states in the band gap.read more
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Reversible conductivity changes in discharge‐produced amorphous Si
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Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors
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Optically induced conductivity changes in discharge‐produced hydrogenated amorphous silicon
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that long exposure to light decreases the photoconductivity and dark conductivity of some samples of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a•Si':'H). Annealing above ∼150°C reverses the process.
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Investigation of the localised state distribution in amorphous Si films
W. E. Spear,P. G. Le Comber +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, field effect techniques have been used to determine the distribution function N (ϵ3) of the localised states in amorphous Si films prepared by glow discharge decomposition of silane.
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Electronic transport and state distribution in amorphous Si films
TL;DR: In this article, a model for the electronic state distribution and previous field effect measurements was put forward, which also appears to be applicable to the interpretation of transport results in amorphous Si specimens prepared by vacuum evaporation or sputtering.
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