S. Zarate, I. Cosme, A. Kosarev, S. Mansurova, A. Itzmoyotl, H. E. Martinez-Mateo
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We have studied the effect of Ge-concentration in gas phase on electronic properties of GeXSiY:H alloys deposited by RF-PECVD. The relative gas phase Ge concentration was varied from [Ge]gas= 50 % to 100 %. The electronic properties of the films were studied by the measurements of temperature dependence of dark conductivity σdark (T) in the range of T= 300 to 430 K. The temperature dependence curves were described by the thermal activated conduction model and activation energy and Fermi level parameters were calculated. A change in dark conductivity was found from 1.7×10-6 Ω-1cm-1 at [Ge]gas= 50 % to 1.1×10-4 Ω-1cm-1 at [Ge]gas =100 %. The correlation between Ge in gas phase and conductivity was reflected in activation energy and Fermi level values that varied from Ea= 0.37 to 0.23 eV and EF=0.27 to 0.10 eV, respectively.