Firing stability of tube furnace‐annealed n‐type poly‐Si on oxide junctions
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Abstract Stability of the passivation quality of poly‐Si on oxide junctions against the conventional mainstream high‐temperature screen‐print firing processes is highly desirable and also expected since the poly‐Si on oxide preparation occurs at higher temperatures and for longer durations than firing. We measure recombination current densities ( J 0 ) and interface state densities ( D it ) of symmetrical samples with n‐type poly‐Si contacts before and after firing. Samples without a capping dielectric layer show a significant deterioration of the passivation quality during firing. The D it values are (3 ± 0.2) × 10 11 and (8 ± 2) × 10 11 eV/cm 2 when fired at 620°C and 900°C, respectively. The activation energy in an Arrhenius fit of D it versus the firing temperature is 0.30 ± 0.03 eV. This indicates that thermally induced desorption of hydrogen from SiH bonds at the poly‐Si/SiO x interface is not the root cause of depassivation. Postfiring annealing at 425°C can improve the passivation again. Samples with SiN x capping layers show an increase in J 0 up to about 100 fA/cm 2 by firing, which can be attributed to blistering and is not reversed by annealing at 425°C. On the other hand, blistering does not occur in poly‐Si samples capped with AlO x layers or AlO x /SiN y stacks, and J 0 values of 2–5 fA/cm 2 can be achieved after firing. Those findings suggest that a combination of two effects might be the root cause of the increase in J 0 and D it : thermal stress at the SiO z interface during firing and blistering. Blistering is presumed to occur when the hydrogen concentration in the capping layers exceeds a certain level.
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