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2011-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
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Editors: | Florian K |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 646 pages |
ISBN: | 978-0-9879917-6-8 |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
Silicon nanoparticles have been enormously researched for new applications such as printable electronics. To make silicon nanoparticle function as a semiconducting material, doping concentration is the key factor to determine the electrical properties. Crystalline and amorphous silicon nanoparticles were doped with boron during the formations of nanoparticles using Inductive Coupled Plasma (ICP). Effects of various process conditions on microstructural and electrical properties were investigated. Boron-doped silicon nanoparticles were successively synthesized and doping concentration depends on partial pressures of borane and plasma powers. The maximum doping concentration was 5 x 1019 atoms/cm3 and sheet resistance was 800 mohm/square.