Nanogrinding of SiC wafers with high flatness and low subsurface damage was proposed and nanogrinding experiments were carried out on an ultra precision grinding machine with fine diamond wheels. Experimental results ...Nanogrinding of SiC wafers with high flatness and low subsurface damage was proposed and nanogrinding experiments were carried out on an ultra precision grinding machine with fine diamond wheels. Experimental results show that nanogrinding can produce flatness less than 1.0μm and a surface roughness Ra of 0.42nm. It is found that nanogrinding is capable of producing much flatter SiC wafers with a lower damage than double side lapping and mechanical polishing in much less time and it can replace double side lapping and mechanical polishing and reduce the removal amount of chemical mechanical polishing.展开更多
The conception of the soft layer during chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) was proposed for the first time. The soft layer was a reaction layer formed on the silicon surface; it was softer than the silicon substrate a...The conception of the soft layer during chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) was proposed for the first time. The soft layer was a reaction layer formed on the silicon surface; it was softer than the silicon substrate and its thickness was about several nanometers. The existence of the soft layer could increase the material volume removed by one particle and increase the material removal rate during CMP. At the same time, the soft layer could decrease the cutting depth of the abrasive particle so as to realize ductile grinding, and it is useful to decrease the roughness of the polished surface and to improve the polishing quality.展开更多
The preparation, current status and trends are investigated for silicon thin film solar cells. The advantages and disadvantages of amorphous silicon thin film, polycrystalline silicon thin film and mono-crystalline si...The preparation, current status and trends are investigated for silicon thin film solar cells. The advantages and disadvantages of amorphous silicon thin film, polycrystalline silicon thin film and mono-crystalline silicon thin film solar cells are compared. The future development trends are pointed out. It is found that polycrystalline silicon thin film solar cells will be more promising for application with great potential.展开更多
A conduction channel model is proposed to explain the high conductivity property of nc-Si: H. Detailed energy band diagram is developed based on the analysis and calculation, and the conductivity of the nc-Si: H was t...A conduction channel model is proposed to explain the high conductivity property of nc-Si: H. Detailed energy band diagram is developed based on the analysis and calculation, and the conductivity of the nc-Si: H was then analysed on the basis of energy band theory. It is assumed that the conductivity of the nc-Si: H stems from two parts: the conductance of the interface, where the transport mechanism is identified as a thermal-assisted tunnelling process, and the conductance along the channel around the grain, which mainly determined the high conductivity of the nc -Si: H. The conductivity of nc - Si: H is calculated and compared with the experiment data. The theory is in agreement with the experiment.展开更多
A combined conduction and radiation heat transfer model was used to simulate the heat transfer within wafer and investigate the effect of thermal transport properties on temperature non-uniformity within wafer surface...A combined conduction and radiation heat transfer model was used to simulate the heat transfer within wafer and investigate the effect of thermal transport properties on temperature non-uniformity within wafer surface. It is found that the increased conductivities in both doped and undoped regions help reduce the temperature difference across the wafer surface. However, the doped layer conductivity has little effect on the overall temperature distribution and difference. The temperature level and difference on the top surface drop suddenly when absorption coefficient changes from 104 to 103 m-1. When the absorption coefficient is less or equal to 103 m-1, the temperature level and difference do not change much. The emissivity has the dominant effect on the top surface temperature level and difference. Higher surface emissivity can easily increase the temperature level of the wafer surface. After using the improved property data, the overall temperature level reduces by about 200 K from the basis case. The results will help improve the current understanding of the energy transport in the rapid thermal processing and the wafer temperature monitor and control level.展开更多
The laser equipment is one of the key equipment in the production line of the solar energy. In this article, the author de-scribes the application of the laser equipment in the production line of the amorphous silicon...The laser equipment is one of the key equipment in the production line of the solar energy. In this article, the author de-scribes the application of the laser equipment in the production line of the amorphous silicon film solar cells, and points out that the stable and exactitude is the key direction of the future development of the laser scribing equipment.展开更多
Recent studies have shown that the triple-phase contact line has critical effect on the contact angle hysteresis of surfaces.In this study,patterned surfaces with various surface structures of different area fractions...Recent studies have shown that the triple-phase contact line has critical effect on the contact angle hysteresis of surfaces.In this study,patterned surfaces with various surface structures of different area fractions were prepared by electron etching on a silicon wafer.The advancing angle,receding angle and hysteresis angle of these surfaces were measured.Our experimental results showed that while the geometry of microstructure and contact line have a minor effect on the advancing angle,they have a significant effect on the receding angle and thus the hysteresis angle.We have shown that the effect of microstructure and the contact line can be described by a quantitative parameter termed the triple-phase line ratio.The theoretical predictions were in good agreement with our experimental results.展开更多
In this paper, we present a terahertz (THz) band-stop filter realized by fabricating a metallic T-shaped resonator pattern on the high-resistivity silicon wafer. The filter exhibits two typical band-stop response char...In this paper, we present a terahertz (THz) band-stop filter realized by fabricating a metallic T-shaped resonator pattern on the high-resistivity silicon wafer. The filter exhibits two typical band-stop response characteristics depending on the incident direction of electric field with respect to the T-shaped resonator. When the long and the short arms of the T-shaped resonator were electrically polarized by changing the incident THz wave transmission directions, the corresponding central frequencies of the band-stop filter were found to be 0.436 THz at 42dB and 0.610 THz at 28 dB, respectively. Using three-dimensional (3D) finite-integral time-domain simulations, the band-stop filter was designed, which can operate in the wavelength between 0.2 and 0.8 THz. Experimental verification was also performed using a free space THz time-domain spectroscopy system. The band-stop response characteristics are in good agreement with the simulation results. The interesting THz band-stop filtering properties suggest a promising application in the modern THz communication systems, THz time-domain spectroscopic imaging and THz continuous wave imaging.展开更多
As the large single-crystalline silicon wafers have revolutionized many industries including electronics and solar cells, it is envisioned that the availability of large single-crystalline perovskite crystals and wafe...As the large single-crystalline silicon wafers have revolutionized many industries including electronics and solar cells, it is envisioned that the availability of large single-crystalline perovskite crystals and wafers will revolutionize its broad applications in photovoltaics, optoelectronics, lasers, photodetectors, light emitting diodes(LEDs), etc. Here we report a method to grow large single-crystalline perovskites including single-halide crystals: CH3NH3PbX3(X=I, Br, Cl), and dual-halide ones:CH3NH3Pb(ClxBr1.x)3 and CH3NH3Pb(BrxI1.x)3, with the largest crystal being 120 mm in length. Meanwhile, we have advanced a process to slice the large perovskite crystals into thin wafers. It is found that the wafers exhibit remarkable features:(1)its trap-state density is a million times smaller than that in the microcrystalline perovskite thin films(MPTF);(2) its carrier mobility is 410 times higher than its most popular organic counterpart P3HT;(3) its optical absorption is expanded to as high as910 nm comparing to 797 nm for the MPTF;(4) while MPTF decomposes at 150 °C, the wafer is stable at high temperature up to270 °C;(5) when exposed to high humidity(75% RH), MPTF decomposes in 5 h while the wafer shows no change for overnight;(6) its photocurrent response is 250 times higher than its MPTF counterpart. A few electronic devices have been fabricated using the crystalline wafers. Among them, the Hall test gives low carrier concentration with high mobility. The trap-state density is measured much lower than common semiconductors. Moreover, the large SC-wafer is found particularly useful for mass production of integrated circuits. By adjusting the halide composition, both the optical absorption and the light emission can be fine-tuned across the entire visible spectrum from 400 nm to 800 nm. It is envisioned that a range of visible lasers and LEDs may be developed using the dual-halide perovskites. With fewer trap states, high mobility, broader absorption, and humidity resistance, it is expected that solar cells with high stable efficiency maybe attainable using the crystalline wafers.展开更多
基金Project (50975040) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Nanogrinding of SiC wafers with high flatness and low subsurface damage was proposed and nanogrinding experiments were carried out on an ultra precision grinding machine with fine diamond wheels. Experimental results show that nanogrinding can produce flatness less than 1.0μm and a surface roughness Ra of 0.42nm. It is found that nanogrinding is capable of producing much flatter SiC wafers with a lower damage than double side lapping and mechanical polishing in much less time and it can replace double side lapping and mechanical polishing and reduce the removal amount of chemical mechanical polishing.
基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province ( BK2002010) High-tech Project of Jiangsu Province(BG2004022)
文摘The conception of the soft layer during chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) was proposed for the first time. The soft layer was a reaction layer formed on the silicon surface; it was softer than the silicon substrate and its thickness was about several nanometers. The existence of the soft layer could increase the material volume removed by one particle and increase the material removal rate during CMP. At the same time, the soft layer could decrease the cutting depth of the abrasive particle so as to realize ductile grinding, and it is useful to decrease the roughness of the polished surface and to improve the polishing quality.
文摘The preparation, current status and trends are investigated for silicon thin film solar cells. The advantages and disadvantages of amorphous silicon thin film, polycrystalline silicon thin film and mono-crystalline silicon thin film solar cells are compared. The future development trends are pointed out. It is found that polycrystalline silicon thin film solar cells will be more promising for application with great potential.
基金he Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China!96J026
文摘A conduction channel model is proposed to explain the high conductivity property of nc-Si: H. Detailed energy band diagram is developed based on the analysis and calculation, and the conductivity of the nc-Si: H was then analysed on the basis of energy band theory. It is assumed that the conductivity of the nc-Si: H stems from two parts: the conductance of the interface, where the transport mechanism is identified as a thermal-assisted tunnelling process, and the conductance along the channel around the grain, which mainly determined the high conductivity of the nc -Si: H. The conductivity of nc - Si: H is calculated and compared with the experiment data. The theory is in agreement with the experiment.
基金Project(N110204015)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,ChinaProject(2012M510075)supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
文摘A combined conduction and radiation heat transfer model was used to simulate the heat transfer within wafer and investigate the effect of thermal transport properties on temperature non-uniformity within wafer surface. It is found that the increased conductivities in both doped and undoped regions help reduce the temperature difference across the wafer surface. However, the doped layer conductivity has little effect on the overall temperature distribution and difference. The temperature level and difference on the top surface drop suddenly when absorption coefficient changes from 104 to 103 m-1. When the absorption coefficient is less or equal to 103 m-1, the temperature level and difference do not change much. The emissivity has the dominant effect on the top surface temperature level and difference. Higher surface emissivity can easily increase the temperature level of the wafer surface. After using the improved property data, the overall temperature level reduces by about 200 K from the basis case. The results will help improve the current understanding of the energy transport in the rapid thermal processing and the wafer temperature monitor and control level.
文摘The laser equipment is one of the key equipment in the production line of the solar energy. In this article, the author de-scribes the application of the laser equipment in the production line of the amorphous silicon film solar cells, and points out that the stable and exactitude is the key direction of the future development of the laser scribing equipment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 0902015 and 11025208)the Research Funds for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant Nos.20091101120001 and 20111101110003)
文摘Recent studies have shown that the triple-phase contact line has critical effect on the contact angle hysteresis of surfaces.In this study,patterned surfaces with various surface structures of different area fractions were prepared by electron etching on a silicon wafer.The advancing angle,receding angle and hysteresis angle of these surfaces were measured.Our experimental results showed that while the geometry of microstructure and contact line have a minor effect on the advancing angle,they have a significant effect on the receding angle and thus the hysteresis angle.We have shown that the effect of microstructure and the contact line can be described by a quantitative parameter termed the triple-phase line ratio.The theoretical predictions were in good agreement with our experimental results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61171051, 50971094, 61072136)
文摘In this paper, we present a terahertz (THz) band-stop filter realized by fabricating a metallic T-shaped resonator pattern on the high-resistivity silicon wafer. The filter exhibits two typical band-stop response characteristics depending on the incident direction of electric field with respect to the T-shaped resonator. When the long and the short arms of the T-shaped resonator were electrically polarized by changing the incident THz wave transmission directions, the corresponding central frequencies of the band-stop filter were found to be 0.436 THz at 42dB and 0.610 THz at 28 dB, respectively. Using three-dimensional (3D) finite-integral time-domain simulations, the band-stop filter was designed, which can operate in the wavelength between 0.2 and 0.8 THz. Experimental verification was also performed using a free space THz time-domain spectroscopy system. The band-stop response characteristics are in good agreement with the simulation results. The interesting THz band-stop filtering properties suggest a promising application in the modern THz communication systems, THz time-domain spectroscopic imaging and THz continuous wave imaging.
基金supported by the National Key Research Project MOST (2016YFA0202400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61604090, 61604091, 61674098)+4 种基金National University Research Fund (GK261001009, GK201603107)the Changjiang Scholar and Innovative Research Team (IRT_14R33)the 111 Project (B14041)the Chinese National 1000-talent-plan Program (1110010341)the Innovation Funds of Graduate Programs, SNNU (2015CXS047)
文摘As the large single-crystalline silicon wafers have revolutionized many industries including electronics and solar cells, it is envisioned that the availability of large single-crystalline perovskite crystals and wafers will revolutionize its broad applications in photovoltaics, optoelectronics, lasers, photodetectors, light emitting diodes(LEDs), etc. Here we report a method to grow large single-crystalline perovskites including single-halide crystals: CH3NH3PbX3(X=I, Br, Cl), and dual-halide ones:CH3NH3Pb(ClxBr1.x)3 and CH3NH3Pb(BrxI1.x)3, with the largest crystal being 120 mm in length. Meanwhile, we have advanced a process to slice the large perovskite crystals into thin wafers. It is found that the wafers exhibit remarkable features:(1)its trap-state density is a million times smaller than that in the microcrystalline perovskite thin films(MPTF);(2) its carrier mobility is 410 times higher than its most popular organic counterpart P3HT;(3) its optical absorption is expanded to as high as910 nm comparing to 797 nm for the MPTF;(4) while MPTF decomposes at 150 °C, the wafer is stable at high temperature up to270 °C;(5) when exposed to high humidity(75% RH), MPTF decomposes in 5 h while the wafer shows no change for overnight;(6) its photocurrent response is 250 times higher than its MPTF counterpart. A few electronic devices have been fabricated using the crystalline wafers. Among them, the Hall test gives low carrier concentration with high mobility. The trap-state density is measured much lower than common semiconductors. Moreover, the large SC-wafer is found particularly useful for mass production of integrated circuits. By adjusting the halide composition, both the optical absorption and the light emission can be fine-tuned across the entire visible spectrum from 400 nm to 800 nm. It is envisioned that a range of visible lasers and LEDs may be developed using the dual-halide perovskites. With fewer trap states, high mobility, broader absorption, and humidity resistance, it is expected that solar cells with high stable efficiency maybe attainable using the crystalline wafers.