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Simple chemical vapour deposition method for depositing thin TiO/sub 2/ films

Abstract

Thin films of TiO/sub 2/ were produced at 130-250/sup 0/C by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) involving the hydrolysis of TiCl/sub 4/. An apparatus was developed which gives good control and reproducibility. The reaction takes place on a heated disc that rotates the silicon substrate. Premature reaction between the gases, TiCl/sub 4/ and water vapour is prevented by appropriate temperature control and careful design of the gas delivery system. With this apparatus the thickness of the TiO/sub 2/ films is controlled to within +-5% of the target value. Attention is also directed to reducing the pinhole density of the resulting films. The refractive index of the TiO/sub 2/ films was found to increase with increasing deposition temperature, from 2.1 at around 130/sup 0/C to 2.4 at 250/sup 0/C. From capacitance-voltage measurements the surface charge at the TiO/sub 2/-Si interface of films deposited at 200/sup 0/C was found to be negative. Hence these TiO/sub 2/ films are good antireflection coatings for n-type metal/insulator/semiconductor inversion layer solar cells.
Publication Date:
Nov 11, 1983
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-84-090557
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Thin Solid Films; (Switzerland); Journal Volume: 109:2
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SILICON; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; SOLAR CELLS; FABRICATION; TITANIUM OXIDES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; REFRACTIVITY; THICKNESS; THIN FILMS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL COATING; COATINGS; DATA; DEPOSITION; DIMENSIONS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; FILMS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEMIMETALS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SURFACE COATING; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; 140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion; 360601 - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture
OSTI ID:
6907089
Country of Origin:
Switzerland
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: THSFA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 169-178
Announcement Date:
Apr 01, 1984

Citation Formats

Yeung, K S, and Lam, Y W. Simple chemical vapour deposition method for depositing thin TiO/sub 2/ films. Switzerland: N. p., 1983. Web. doi:10.1016/0040-6090(83)90136-0.
Yeung, K S, & Lam, Y W. Simple chemical vapour deposition method for depositing thin TiO/sub 2/ films. Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6090(83)90136-0
Yeung, K S, and Lam, Y W. 1983. "Simple chemical vapour deposition method for depositing thin TiO/sub 2/ films." Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6090(83)90136-0.
@misc{etde_6907089,
title = {Simple chemical vapour deposition method for depositing thin TiO/sub 2/ films}
author = {Yeung, K S, and Lam, Y W}
abstractNote = {Thin films of TiO/sub 2/ were produced at 130-250/sup 0/C by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) involving the hydrolysis of TiCl/sub 4/. An apparatus was developed which gives good control and reproducibility. The reaction takes place on a heated disc that rotates the silicon substrate. Premature reaction between the gases, TiCl/sub 4/ and water vapour is prevented by appropriate temperature control and careful design of the gas delivery system. With this apparatus the thickness of the TiO/sub 2/ films is controlled to within +-5% of the target value. Attention is also directed to reducing the pinhole density of the resulting films. The refractive index of the TiO/sub 2/ films was found to increase with increasing deposition temperature, from 2.1 at around 130/sup 0/C to 2.4 at 250/sup 0/C. From capacitance-voltage measurements the surface charge at the TiO/sub 2/-Si interface of films deposited at 200/sup 0/C was found to be negative. Hence these TiO/sub 2/ films are good antireflection coatings for n-type metal/insulator/semiconductor inversion layer solar cells.}
doi = {10.1016/0040-6090(83)90136-0}
journal = []
volume = {109:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Switzerland}
year = {1983}
month = {Nov}
}