Excellent surface passivation of germanium by a-Si:H/Al₂O₃ stacks

Surface passivation and optical characterization of Al2O3/a-SiCx stacks on c-Si substrates

The aim of this work is to study the surface passivation of aluminum oxide/amorphous silicon carbide (Al2O3/a-SiCx) stacks on both p-type and n-type crystalline silicon (c-Si) substrates as well as the optical characterization of these stacks. Al2O3 films of different thicknesses were deposited by thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) at 200 °C and were complemented with a layer of a-SiCx depos...

Alternative surface passivation on germanium for metal-oxide-semiconductor applications with high- k gate dielectric

Oxidation precursor dependence of atomic layer deposited Al2O3 films in a-Si:H(i)/Al2O3 surface passivation stacks

In order to obtain a good passivation of a silicon surface, more and more stack passivation schemes have been used in high-efficiency silicon solar cell fabrication. In this work, we prepared a-Si:H(i)/Al2O3 stacks on KOH solution-polished n-type solar grade mono-silicon(100) wafers. For the Al2O3 film deposition, both thermal atomic layer deposition (T-ALD) and plasma enhanced atomic layer dep...

Effect of surface passivation on corrosion of a cobalt-chromium dental alloy: surface morphology and chemical composition studies

Abstract   Background and Aim: Biocompatibility in some respects depends on the corrosion behavior of dental alloys. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of surface passivation of a cobalt chromium alloy on corrosion behavior. Materials and methods: In this experimental study, 20 samples of Flexicast dental alloy were prepared according to ADA97 standard and after casting, t...

Passivation of GaAs surface by ultrathin epitaxial GaN layer

Ultrathin gallium nitride passivation layers grown in situ on near-surface InxGa1 xAs=GaAs quantum wells using metalorganic vapour-phase epitaxy (MOVPE) with dimethylhydrazine as nitrogen source are reported. Nitridation of GaAs using DMHy during the post-growth cool-down is also studied. The effect of passivation on the surface recombination rate of quantum well (QW) structures is characterize...