Method for producing high energy electroluminescent devices

Title: Method for producing high energy electroluminescent devices

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A method is described for fabricating electroluminescent devices exhibiting visible electroluminescence at room temperature, where the devices include at least one doped layer of amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H). The a-Si:H layer is deposited on a substrate by homogeneous chemical vapor deposition (H-CVD) in which the substrate is held at a temperature lower than about 200.degree. C. and the a-Si:H layer is doped in-situ during deposition, the amount of hydrogen incorporated in the deposited layer being 12-50 atomic percent. The bandgap of the a-Si:H layer is between 1.6 and 2.6 eV, and in preferrable embodiments is between 2.0 and 2.6 eV. The conductivity of the a-Si:H layer is chosen in accordance with device requirements, and can be 10.sup.16 -10.sup.19 carriers/cm.sup.2. The bandgap of the a-Si:H layer depends at least in part on the temperature of the substrate on which the layer is deposited, and can be "tuned" by changing the substrate temperature.

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Meyerson, Bernard S. ^[1]; Scott, Bruce A. ^[2]; Wolford, Jr., Donald J. ^[3]

(Yorktown Heights, NY)
(Pleasantville, NY)
(Croton-on-Hudson, NY)

Issue Date:: 1992-09-29

OSTI Identifier:: 868481

Patent Number(s):: 5151383

Application Number:: 07/307,154

Assignee:: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) OSTI

DOE Contract Number:: SERI-ZZ-0-9319-1

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: method; producing; energy; electroluminescent; devices; described; fabricating; exhibiting; visible; electroluminescence; temperature; doped; layer; amorphous; hydrogenated; silicon; a-si; deposited; substrate; homogeneous; chemical; vapor; deposition; h-cvd; held; 200; degree; in-situ; amount; hydrogen; incorporated; 12-50; atomic; percent; bandgap; preferrable; embodiments; conductivity; chosen; accordance; device; requirements; 10; 16; -10; 19; carriers; cm; depends; tuned; changing; atomic percent; chemical vapor; vapor deposition; doped layer; substrate temperature; electroluminescent devices; rate temperature; deposited layer; /438/257/

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  author       = {Meyerson, Bernard S. and Scott, Bruce A. and Wolford, Jr., Donald J.},

  abstractNote = {A method is described for fabricating electroluminescent devices exhibiting visible electroluminescence at room temperature, where the devices include at least one doped layer of amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H). The a-Si:H layer is deposited on a substrate by homogeneous chemical vapor deposition (H-CVD) in which the substrate is held at a temperature lower than about 200.degree. C. and the a-Si:H layer is doped in-situ during deposition, the amount of hydrogen incorporated in the deposited layer being 12-50 atomic percent. The bandgap of the a-Si:H layer is between 1.6 and 2.6 eV, and in preferrable embodiments is between 2.0 and 2.6 eV. The conductivity of the a-Si:H layer is chosen in accordance with device requirements, and can be 10.sup.16 -10.sup.19 carriers/cm.sup.2. The bandgap of the a-Si:H layer depends at least in part on the temperature of the substrate on which the layer is deposited, and can be "tuned" by changing the substrate temperature.},

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  place        = {United States},

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