Cubic crystalline erbium oxide growth on GaN(0001) by atomic layer deposition

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作者
Chen, Pei-Yu [1 ]
Posadas, Agham B. [2 ]
Kwon, Sunah [3 ]
Wang, Qingxiao [3 ]
Kim, Moon J. [3 ]
Demkov, Alexander A. [2 ]
Ekerdt, John G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Chem Engn, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] Univ Texas Dallas, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Richardson, TX 75080 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
RAY PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GATE DIELECTRICS; PHASE-TRANSFORMATION; SC2O3; FILMS; GAN; SEMICONDUCTORS; MOSFETS; TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY;
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10.1063/1.4999342
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Growth of crystalline Er2O3, a rare earth sesquioxide, on GaN(0001) is described. Ex situ HCl and NH4OH solutions and an in situ N-2 plasma are used to remove impurities on the GaN surface and result in a Ga/N stoichiometry of 1.02. Using atomic layer deposition with erbium tris(isopropylcyclopentadienyl) [Er((PrCp)-Pr-i)(3)] and water, crystalline cubic Er2O3 (C-Er2O3) is grown on GaN at 250 degrees C. The orientation relationships between the C-Er2O3 film and the GaN substrate are C-Er2O3(222) parallel to GaN(0001), C-Er2O3 < 440 > parallel to GaN < 11-20 >, and C-Er2O3 < 211 > parallel to GaN < 1-100 >. Scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy are used to examine the microstructure of C-Er2O3 and its interface with GaN. With post-deposition annealing at 600 degrees C, a thicker interfacial layer is observed, and two transition layers, crystalline GaNwOz and crystalline GaErxOy, are found between GaN and C-Er2O3. The tensile strain in the C-Er2O3 film is studied with x-ray diffraction by changes in both out-of-plane and in-plane d-spacing. Fully relaxed C-Er2O3 films on GaN are obtained when the film thickness is around 13 nm. Additionally, a valence band offset of 0.7 eV and a conduction band offset of 1.2 eV are obtained using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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