scholarly journals Atmospheric pressure metal organic chemical vapor deposition of thin germanium films

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (15) ◽  
pp. 9274-9286
Author(s):  
Ronny Fritzsche ◽  
Dietrich R. Zahn ◽  
Michael Mehring

AbstractThe deposition of thin germanium films by atmospheric pressure metal organic chemical vapor deposition at temperatures below 400 °C on substrates such as silicon wafers, float glass, and polyimide (Kapton®) using the diorganogermanes GeH2Cp4M2 and GeH2Cp*2 as molecular precursors is described. The deposition rates and thus the layer thicknesses can be varied by temperature and time to give layers with a thickness in the nanometer range. The homogeneity and roughness of the deposited films were analyzed by means of atomic force microscopy measurements showing the formation of smooth and uniform surfaces with roughnesses of the films in the range of (1 ± 0.15) nm to (4.5 ± 1.5) nm. Films with thicknesses between 50 and 750 nm were deposited and analyzed by Raman spectroscopy, vis–NIR spectroscopy, electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The as-deposited films are composed of amorphous germanium containing approximately 10% of carbon. Using Kapton® as a substrate highly flexible films were obtained.

2005 ◽  
Vol 283 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Wang ◽  
Yong Pu ◽  
Wenqing Fang ◽  
Jiangnan Dai ◽  
Yufeng Chen ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1721-1727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Si ◽  
Seshu B. Desu ◽  
Ching-Yi Tsai

Synthesis of zirconium tetramethylheptanedione [Zr(thd)4] was optimized. Purity of Zr(thd)4 was confirmed by melting point determination, carbon, and hydrogen elemental analysis and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR). By using Zr(thd)4, excellent quality ZrO2 thin films were successfully deposited on single-crystal silicon wafers by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) at reduced pressures. For substrate temperatures below 530 °C, the film deposition rates were very small (⋚1 nm/min). The film deposition rates were significantly affected by (i) source temperature, (ii) substrate temperature, and (iii) total pressure. As-deposited films are carbon free. Furthermore, only the tetragonal ZrO2 phase was identified in as-deposited films. The tetragonal phase transformed progressively into the monoclinic phase as the films were subjected to a high-temperature post-deposition annealing. The optical properties of the ZrO2 thin films as a function of wavelength, in the range of 200 nm to 2000 nm, were also reported. In addition, a simplified theoretical model which considers only a surface reaction was used to analyze the deposition of ZrO2 films. The model predicated the deposition rates well for various conditions in the hot wall reactor.


2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangnan Dai ◽  
Fengyi Jiang ◽  
Yong Pu ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Wenqing Fang ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takao Someya ◽  
Katsuyuki Hoshino ◽  
Janet C. Harris ◽  
Koichi Tachibana ◽  
Satoshi Kako ◽  
...  

AbstractPhotoluminescence (PL) spectra were measured at room temperature for GaN quantum wells (QWs) with Al0.8Ga0.2N barriers, which were grown by atmospheric-pressure metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The thickness of the GaN QW layers was systematically varied from one monolayer to four monolayers. We clearly observed a PL peak at a wavelength as short as 247 nm (5.03 eV) from one monolayer-thick QWs. The effective confinement energy is as large as 1.63 eV.


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