Student research opportunities
Low temperature high perfomance polycrystalline silicon for large area thin-film electronics.
Project Code: CECS_542
This project is available at the following levels:
Engn4200
Please note that this project is only for undergraduate students.
Supervisor:
Simon RuffellOutline:
Crystallization of amorphous silicon (a-Si) is an area of huge interest for the flat panel and silicon solar cell industries. Formation of high quality polycrystalline silicon from a-Si is desirable for high performance of such devices. We have shown that formation of such films by nanoindentation and low-temperature annealing may be a novel means to form high quality material. This project will study the post-indentation crystallization of such films and measure the electrical and optical properties of the final material.
