Journal
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.202100649
Keywords
activation energy; annealing; deactivation energy; niobium oxide; silicon surface passivation
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61604131, 62025403, 61704154, 11804300]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY19F040009, LQ18A040005, LY20F040006]
- Fundamental Research Funds of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [2020Q039]
- National Undergraduate Training Program for Innovation [202110338024]
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Solution-processed niobium oxide (Nb2O5) films can activate the passivation of crystalline silicon (c-Si) surface at low temperatures, while high temperatures can deactivate the passivation. The passivation kinetics are strongly related to the diffusion of hydrogen at the Nb2O5/c-Si interface.
Niobium oxide (Nb2O5) films can provide excellent passivation for crystalline silicon (c-Si) surface after postdeposition annealing, however, its kinetic behavior and mechanism have not been explored. Herein, it is demonstrated that surface passivation by solution-processed Nb2O5 films can be activated by low-temperature annealing (<200 degrees C) within several minutes, with the activation energy of 0.40 and 0.57 eV for hydrofluoric acid (HF) and RCA pretreated surfaces, respectively. Moreover, passivation is deactivated by higher-temperature annealing (>350 degrees C), with the deactivation energy of 0.86 and 1.06 eV for HF and RCA pretreated surfaces, respectively. The results combined with surface-sensitive X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements indicate that the passivation kinetics of Nb2O5 on the surface of c-Si are strongly related to the diffusion of hydrogen into and out of the Nb2O5/c-Si interface.
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