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Hauptverfasser: Santonen, Mikael, Lahti, Antti, Rad, Zahra Jahanshah, Miettinen, Mikko, Ebrahimzadeh, Masoud, Lehtiö, Juha-Pekka, Snellman, Enni, Laukkanen, Pekka, Punkkinen, Marko, Kokko, Kalevi, Parkkinen, Katja, Eklund, Markus
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author Santonen, Mikael
Lahti, Antti
Rad, Zahra Jahanshah
Miettinen, Mikko
Ebrahimzadeh, Masoud
Lehtiö, Juha-Pekka
Snellman, Enni
Laukkanen, Pekka
Punkkinen, Marko
Kokko, Kalevi
Parkkinen, Katja
Eklund, Markus
author_facet Santonen, Mikael
Lahti, Antti
Rad, Zahra Jahanshah
Miettinen, Mikko
Ebrahimzadeh, Masoud
Lehtiö, Juha-Pekka
Snellman, Enni
Laukkanen, Pekka
Punkkinen, Marko
Kokko, Kalevi
Parkkinen, Katja
Eklund, Markus
contents Current transport in polysilicon is a complicated process with many factors to consider. The inhomogeneous nature of polysilicon with its differently shaped and sized grains is one such consideration. We have developed a method that enhances existing resistivity models with a two-dimensional extension that incorporates the grain size distribution using a Voronoi-based resistor network. We obtain grain size distributions both from our growth simulations (700 K, 800 K, and 900 K) and experimental analysis. Applying our method, we investigate the effect that variation in grain size produces with cases of different average grain sizes (2 nm to 3 $μ$m). For example, the resistivity of polysilicon with an average grain size of 175 nm drops from 11 k$Ω$ $\cdot$ cm to 4.5 k$Ω$ $\cdot$ cm when compared to conventional one-dimensional modeling. Our study highlights the strong effect of grain size variation on resistivity, revealing that wider distributions result in significant resistivity reductions of up to more than 50%. Due to the larger grains present with a grain size distribution, current transport encounters fewer grain boundaries while the average grain size remains the same resulting in fewer barriers along the current transport path. Incorporating the grain structure into the resistivity modeling facilitates a more detailed and comprehensive characterization of the electrical properties of polysilicon.
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spellingShingle A detailed examination of polysilicon resistivity incorporating the grain size distribution
Santonen, Mikael
Lahti, Antti
Rad, Zahra Jahanshah
Miettinen, Mikko
Ebrahimzadeh, Masoud
Lehtiö, Juha-Pekka
Snellman, Enni
Laukkanen, Pekka
Punkkinen, Marko
Kokko, Kalevi
Parkkinen, Katja
Eklund, Markus
Materials Science
Computational Physics
Current transport in polysilicon is a complicated process with many factors to consider. The inhomogeneous nature of polysilicon with its differently shaped and sized grains is one such consideration. We have developed a method that enhances existing resistivity models with a two-dimensional extension that incorporates the grain size distribution using a Voronoi-based resistor network. We obtain grain size distributions both from our growth simulations (700 K, 800 K, and 900 K) and experimental analysis. Applying our method, we investigate the effect that variation in grain size produces with cases of different average grain sizes (2 nm to 3 $μ$m). For example, the resistivity of polysilicon with an average grain size of 175 nm drops from 11 k$Ω$ $\cdot$ cm to 4.5 k$Ω$ $\cdot$ cm when compared to conventional one-dimensional modeling. Our study highlights the strong effect of grain size variation on resistivity, revealing that wider distributions result in significant resistivity reductions of up to more than 50%. Due to the larger grains present with a grain size distribution, current transport encounters fewer grain boundaries while the average grain size remains the same resulting in fewer barriers along the current transport path. Incorporating the grain structure into the resistivity modeling facilitates a more detailed and comprehensive characterization of the electrical properties of polysilicon.
title A detailed examination of polysilicon resistivity incorporating the grain size distribution
topic Materials Science
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15784