Thin film structure
阅读说明:本技术 薄膜结构 (Thin film structure ) 是由 谢文俊 林振吉 于 2018-06-27 设计创作,主要内容包括:本发明提供一种薄膜结构,其包括非晶硅薄膜以及多个纳米粒子。多个纳米粒子于非晶硅薄膜的表面上,且多个纳米粒子的材料包括光热效应材料,因此可以提升非晶硅薄膜于融化再结晶的过程中的大面积结晶均匀性。(The invention provides a film structure, which comprises an amorphous silicon film and a plurality of nano particles. The nano particles are arranged on the surface of the amorphous silicon film, and the material of the nano particles comprises a photo-thermal effect material, so that the large-area crystallization uniformity of the amorphous silicon film in the melting and recrystallization process can be improved.)
1. A film structure, comprising:
an amorphous silicon thin film; and
the nano particles are arranged on the surface of the amorphous silicon thin film, and the material of the nano particles comprises a photothermal effect material.
2. The thin film structure of claim 1, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles are rod-shaped nanoparticles, and the extending direction of the rod-shaped nanoparticles is not perpendicular to the surface of the amorphous silicon thin film.
3. The film structure of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles comprises a core layer and a dielectric skin layer, the dielectric skin layer surrounds the core layer, and a material of the core layer is different from a material of the dielectric skin layer.
4. The film structure of claim 3, wherein the material of the core layer comprises a metal, and the material of the dielectric skin layer is selected from one or more of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride.
5. The film structure of claim 3, wherein the dielectric skin layer is formed by coating.
6. The film structure of claim 3,
the thickness of the dielectric skin layer is between 5 nanometers and 50 nanometers; or
The proportion of the sum of the sectional areas of the plurality of rod-shaped nano particles to the surface area of the amorphous silicon film is between 30% and 100%.
7. The thin film structure of claim 2, wherein the material of the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles comprises silicon or germanium.
8. The film structure according to any one of claims 2 to 7,
the aspect ratio of the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles is between 1.1 and 10; or
The coating density of the rod-shaped nano particles on the amorphous silicon film is more than 1.5 multiplied by 1013Per square centimeter.
9. The thin film structure of claim 1, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles are made of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of silicon, metal-doped silicon, germanium-based semiconductors of the third five groups, metal sulfides of copper sulfide, carbon nanotubes, carbon-based materials of graphene, magnetic materials of iron oxide, quantum dots, and up-conversion materials.
10. The film structure of claim 9,
the particle size of the plurality of nanoparticles is between 10 nanometers and 100 nanometers; or
The coating density of the plurality of nano particles on the amorphous silicon film is between 5 per square micron and 100 per square micron.
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a thin film structure, and more particularly, to a thin film structure including nanoparticles.
Background
In the existing processes, the preparation method of the polysilicon (c-Si) film includes Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD), Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), Solid Phase Crystallization (SPC), excimer laser crystallization (ELA), Rapid Thermal Annealing (RTA), and metal lateral induction (MILC), wherein the excimer laser method can be performed at a low temperature, and the prepared polysilicon film has large crystal grain, good spatial selectivity, high doping efficiency, few in-crystal defects, good electrical properties, and high electron mobility up to 400 cm/v sec, and is favored.
The excimer laser method heats and melts amorphous silicon by using laser pulses, and the amorphous silicon (a-Si) film is recrystallized to form a polysilicon film. However, excimer lasers are generally in the ultraviolet band, and the equipment is expensive and difficult to produce large-area illumination. In addition, the excimer laser method has a problem of poor crystallization uniformity with respect to a large-area amorphous silicon thin film.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a film structure which can improve large-area crystallization uniformity of an amorphous silicon film in a melting and recrystallization process.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the thin film structure includes an amorphous silicon thin film and a plurality of nanoparticles. The plurality of nano particles are arranged on the surface of the amorphous silicon thin film, and the material of the plurality of nano particles comprises a photothermal effect material.
Preferably, the plurality of nanoparticles are a plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles, and the extending direction of the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles is not perpendicular to the surface of the amorphous silicon thin film.
Preferably, the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles comprise a core layer and a dielectric skin layer, the dielectric skin layer wraps the core layer, and the material of the core layer is different from that of the dielectric skin layer.
Preferably, the material of the core layer comprises a metal, and the material of the dielectric skin layer is selected from one or more of silicon oxide, silicon nitride and silicon oxynitride.
Preferably, the dielectric skin layer is formed via coating.
Preferably, the dielectric skin layer has a thickness between 5 nanometers and 50 nanometers.
Preferably, the proportion of the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the plurality of nanoparticles to the surface area of the amorphous silicon thin film is between 30% and 100%.
Preferably, the material of the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles comprises silicon or germanium.
Preferably, the aspect ratio of the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles is between 1.1 and 10.
Preferably, the coating density of the plurality of rod-shaped nanoparticles on the amorphous silicon thin film is more than 1.5 x 1013Per square centimeter.
Preferably, the material of the plurality of nanoparticles is selected from one or more of silicon, metal-doped silicon, a germanium-based semiconductor of the third five groups, a copper sulfide-based metal sulfide, a carbon nanotube, a graphene-based carbon-based material, an iron oxide-based magnetic material, a quantum dot and an up-conversion material.
Preferably, the plurality of nanoparticles has a particle size material between 10 nanometers and 100 nanometers.
Preferably, the coating density of the plurality of nanoparticles on the amorphous silicon thin film is between 5/sq micrometer and 100/sq micrometer.
In the thin film structure according to the embodiment of the invention, the surface of the amorphous silicon thin film is provided with the plurality of nano particles, and the material of the plurality of nano particles comprises the photothermal effect material, so that the plurality of nano particles can be irradiated by light, and the large-area crystallization uniformity of the amorphous silicon thin film in the melting and recrystallization process can be further improved.
In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Drawings
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a thin-film structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a thin-film structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Description of reference numerals:
100. 200: a thin film structure;
110: an amorphous silicon thin film;
110 a: a surface;
120. 220, and (2) a step of: nanoparticles;
120 a: a core layer;
120 b: a dielectric skin layer;
130: a light;
l1: thickness;
t1, t 2: length.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are disclosed so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention will only be defined by the appended claims. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification, and the sizes of some portions may be exaggerated for clarity of embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a thin-film structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a thin-film structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
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In other embodiments, if the material of the nanoparticles is silicon or germanium, the nanoparticles may be granular, and the coating density of the granular nanoparticles on the amorphous silicon
In summary of the disclosure, in the thin film structure of the present invention, the surface of the amorphous silicon thin film has a plurality of nanoparticles, and the material of the plurality of nanoparticles includes the photothermal effect material, so that the plurality of nanoparticles can be irradiated by light, and the large-area crystallization uniformity of the amorphous silicon thin film in the melting and recrystallization process can be further improved.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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