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Calorimetry of hydrogen desorption from a-Si nanoparticles
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The process of hydrogen desorption from amorphous silicon (a-Si) nanoparticles grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) has been analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy, with the aim of quantifying the energy exchanged. Two exothermic peaks centered at 330 and 410 C have been detected with energies per H atom of about 50 meV. This value has been compared with the results of theoretical calculations and is found to agree with the dissociation energy of Si-H groups of about 3.25 eV per H atom, provided that the formation energy per dangling bond in a-Si is about 1.15 eV. It is shown that this result is valid for a-Si:H films, too.
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FARJAS SILVA, Jordi, et al. Calorimetry of hydrogen desorption from a-Si nanoparticles. Physical Review B. 2002. Vol. 65, num. 11, pags. 115403-115407. ISSN 0163-1829. [consulted: 17 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/10641