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▲ [15p-P13-2] Characterizations of crystalline quality and electrical properties of nitrogen-doped BaSi2 films on Si(111)
キーワード:N doped BaSi2
BaSi2 has many advantages such as a band gap of 1.3 eV, matching the solar spectrum, a large absorption coefficient of 3 × 104 cm-1 at 1.5 eV, exceeding those of CIGS [1], and a minority-carrier diffusion length of ca. 10 μm [2]. Because of these excellent properties, BaSi2 is considered to be a good material for pn junction solar cells. BaSi2 doped with group 15 element such as P, As, and Sb shows n-type conductivity. However, there has been no report on N-doped BaSi2. Thereby, we have attempted to dope nitrogen into BaSi2 (N-doped BaSi2) using radio-frequency (RF) plasma N source. Previously we reported that the hole concentration was not determined by a beam equivalent pressure of N2 but plasma intensity of N atom. We can control its carrier type (p or n) by plasma intensity. However, the carrier concentration seems not depend on the plasma intensity. This phenomenon may be caused by crystal quality. Thus, in this study, we attempted to evaluate the crystal quality of N-doped BaSi2 by w-scan x-ray rocking curve.