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An epitaxial AlN film was synthesized on 4H-SiC using alternate doses of trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and anhydrous ammonia (a-NH3) at 540 °C.
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The growth per cycle (GPC) at 540 °C was 1.5 Å/cycle which was significantly enhanced by eliminating any present moisture in the reactor system.
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The measured RMS surface roughness was comparable to that achieved by molecular beam epitaxy.
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The grown AlN film showed the crystallinity and the preferred orientation along the (0 0 0 1) direction on 4H-SiC templates.
Abstract
An epitaxial AlN film was synthesized on 4H-SiC using alternate doses of trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and anhydrous ammonia (a-NH3) at 540 °C. The growth per cycle (GPC) at the temperature was limited to 0.27 Å/cycle under the minute amount of residual H2O. The formation of an inert Al–O–Al bond generated by the recombinative desorption of two Al–OH species to produce H2O has been proposed as a possible reason for the low deposition rate. By eliminating any present moisture in the reactor system, the GPC increased to 1.5 Å/cycle. The suppression of the OH group generation at 540 °C made it possible to deposit nearly stoichiometric AlN film which has the crystallinity with the preferred orientation along the (0 0 0 1) direction on 4H-SiC templates. The measured RMS surface roughness was comparable to that achieved by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE).
Keywords
- Aluminum nitride;
- Epitaxial growth;
- Moisture effect;
- SiC template;
- X-ray photoelectron;
- Spectroscopy;
- Reflection high-energy electron diffraction;
- Chemical vapor deposition;
- Atomic layer deposition
Source:Sciencedirect
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