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dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Rivera, Joseeng
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Jose Robertoeng
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Marufeng
dc.contributor.corporatenameUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Researcheng
dc.contributor.meetingnameSummer Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (2007 : University of Missouri--Columbia)eng
dc.date2007eng
dc.date.issued2007eng
dc.descriptionAbstract only availableeng
dc.description.abstractMetal-Induced Crystallization (MIC) technique was used to crystallize hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) films with different Aluminum (Al) thicknesses. Amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) was deposited on quartz, and silicon (Si) n-type substrates at a deposition temperature of 400°C by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). To optimize the crystallization process, Aluminum thin films of different thicknesses (200 nm, 100 nm, 50nm and 25nm of sputtered Al) were deposited on a-SiC:H films which were then annealed at 600°C in N2 environment for one hour. UV-visible spectrophotometer, current-voltage (I-V) characteristic curve, and Hall measurement system were used to characterize the films. The betevoltaic device utilizes radioactive material to produce electric power. Preliminary results show that our prepared crystalline SiC layer is a good candidate for fabricating betavoltaic devices with out degradation.eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/1248eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Researcheng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research. Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forumeng
dc.source.urihttp://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/forums-conferences/abstracts/abstract-detail.php?abstractid=eng
dc.subjectmetal-induced crystallizationeng
dc.subjectaluminumeng
dc.titleEffect of Aluminum (Al) in crystallization of a-SiC for betavoltaic fabrication [abstract]eng
dc.typePresentationeng


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