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- Title
Deposition Mechanism and Properties of Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposited Gallium Nitride Films with Different Substrate Temperatures.
- Authors
Ren, Fang-Bin; Jiang, Shi-Cong; Hsu, Chia-Hsun; Zhang, Xiao-Ying; Gao, Peng; Wu, Wan-Yu; Chiu, Yi-Jui; Lien, Shui-Yang; Zhu, Wen-Zhang
- Abstract
Gallium nitride (GaN) is a wide bandgap semiconductor with remarkable chemical and thermal stability, making it a competitive candidate for a variety of optoelectronic applications. In this study, GaN films are grown using a plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) with trimethylgallium (TMG) and NH3 plasma. The effect of substrate temperature on growth mechanism and properties of the PEALD GaN films is systematically studied. The experimental results show that the self-limiting surface chemical reactions occur in the substrate temperature range of 250–350 °C. The substrate temperature strongly affects the crystalline structure, which is nearly amorphous at below 250 °C, with (100) as the major phase at below 400 °C, and (002) dominated at higher temperatures. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectra reveals the unintentional oxygen incorporation into the films in the forms of Ga2O3 and Ga-OH. The amount of Ga-O component decreases, whereas the Ga-Ga component rapidly increases at 400 and 450 °C, due to the decomposition of TMG. The substrate temperature of 350 °C with the highest amount of Ga-N bonds is, therefore, considered the optimum substrate temperature. This study is helpful for improving the quality of PEALD GaN films.
- Subjects
GALLIUM nitride films; WIDE gap semiconductors; ATOMIC layer deposition; X-ray photoelectron spectra; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- Publication
Molecules, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 23, p8123
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules27238123