Influence of structural defects in silicon on formation of photosensitive heterostructures Mn4Si7-Si-Mn4Si7 and Mn4Si7-Si-M
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The paper considers the influence of a transition amorphous layer at the interface between the higher manganese silicide (HMS) Mn 4 Si 7 and silicon doped with manganese (Si ) on the photoelectric properties of heterostructures. The role of the initial structural defects in the near-surface layers of the single-crystal silicon on the penetration of manganese atoms into Si upon doping from the gas phase is shown.It has been established that at high temperatures (T>1050 ◦ C) Mn atoms deposited on the silicon surface group together (due to surface diffusion), forming droplets of liquid manganese, which dissolve the near-surface silicon layer, forming a liquid solution – a melt of Mnand Si. When Mn atoms transfer from the vapor phase into the liquid solution-melt and Si atoms diffuse into it from the boundary regions, including the amorphous bulk Si layer, the solution-melt increases in size and solidifies. During solidification, higher manganese silicide (HMS) Mn 4 Si 7 is formed, and under silicide, due to intense diffusion of Si atoms, the Si-Si bonds break, and an amorphous and elastically deformed Si region is formed, which predetermines the evolution of photoelectric phenomena in heterostructures Mn 4 Si 7 - Si-Mn 4 Si 7 and Mn 4 Si 7 -Si-M.
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Kamilov, T. S.; Rysbaev, A. S.; Klechkovskaya, V. V.; Orekhov, A. S.; Dzhuraev, Sh. Kh.; and Kasymov, A. S. (2018) "Influence of structural defects in silicon on formation of photosensitive heterostructures Mn4Si7-Si-Mn4Si7 and Mn4Si7-Si-M," Eurasian Journal of Physics and Functional Materials: Vol. 2: No. 4, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29317/ejpfm.2018020408
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