Liquid-Phase Deposition of Al[sub 2]O[sub 3] Thin Films on GaN
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by The Electrochemical Society in Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Vol. 154 (12), H1041-H1046
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2793700
Abstract
Thin films of aluminum oxide (Al2O3)(Al2O3) on GaNGaN substrates were grown by the process of low-temperature liquid-phase deposition (LPD), in which aluminum sulfate with crystallized water [Al2(SO4)3∙18H2O][Al2(SO4)3∙18H2O] and sodium bicarbonate [NaHCO3][NaHCO3] were used as the precursors. The pH value of the growth solution plays an important role in the deposition process. The best quality of the oxide thin film was obtained at the pH value of 3.80, while the growth rate was 35nm∕h35nm∕h at the optimized concentration values of Al2(SO4)3=0.0834mol∕LAl2(SO4)3=0.0834mol∕L and NaHCO3=0.211mol∕LNaHCO3=0.211mol∕L and at the temperature of 30°C. The films were characterized by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. It was found that the leakage current density of 50nm50nm thin Al2O3Al2O3 oxide film was between 10−410−4 and 10−5A∕cm210−5A∕cm2 at a negative electric field of 1MV∕cm1MV∕cm , with the breakdown electric field being greater than 10MV∕cm10MV∕cm . After annealing the oxide at 750°C750°C for 30min30min , the leakage current density was lowered to the value of 10−6–10−7A∕cm210−6–10−7A∕cm2 at the negative electric field of 1MV∕cm1MV∕cm . The oxide-semiconductor interface state density as calculated from the capacitance-voltage curve was 3.89×1011cm−2eV−13.89×1011cm−2eV−1 .Keywords
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