Journal
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
Volume 576, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.121233
Keywords
Silicon carbide; E-beam evaporation; Amorphous; Optical bandgap; Conductivity
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51702269, 61904154]
- Innovation Research Team Project of Southwest Petroleum University [2019CXTD10]
- International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Chengdu [2020-GH02-00014-HZ]
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Amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) thin films were successfully deposited at room temperature using the e-beam evaporation technique, with material composition controlled by adjusting the e-beam current. The films exhibited optical bandgaps in the range of 1.7-2.3 eV and conductivity values between 10(-6)-10(-4) S/cm, showing great potential for applications in solar cells.
Amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) thin films can be applied as window layers for perovskite solar cells, where low processing temperature and ion-bombardment free is favorable. By taking advantages of the e-beam evaporation technique, amorphous SiC thin films were deposited at room temperature in this work. The dependency of e-beam current in material composition was investigated, as well as the conductivity and optical bandgap. It is shown that SiC films consist of Si-O component and its ratio can be tuned from 57.5% to 10.0% by controlling the e-beam current from 38 mA to 78 mA. The C-C component tends to form at e-beam current more than 58 mA. By adjusting the Si-O and C-C components, amorphous SiC thin films with optical bandgap of 1.7-2.3 eV and conductivity of 10(-6)-10(-4) S/cm were obtained with e-beam current of 38-52 mA, which possesses a good potential for applications in solar cells.
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