• Title/Summary/Keyword: Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD)

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Effects of Thermal Contact Resistance on Film Growth Rate in a Horizontal MOCVD Reactor

  • Im Ik-Tae;Choi Nag Jung;Sugiyama Masakazu;Nakano Yoshiyaki;Shimogaki Yukihiro;Kim Byoung Ho;Kim Kwang-Sun
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.1338-1346
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    • 2005
  • Effects of thermal contact resistance between heater and susceptor, susceptor and graphite board in a MOCVD reactor on temperature distribution and film growth rate were analyzed. One-dimensional thermal resistance model considering thermal contact resistance and heat transfer area was made up at first to find the temperature drop at the surface of graphite board. This one-dimensional model predicted the temperature drop of 18K at the board surface. Temperature distribution of a reactor wall from the three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics analysis including the gap at the wafer position showed the temperature drop of 20K. Film growth rates of InP and GaAs were predicted using computational fluid dynamics technique with chemical reaction model. Temperature distribution from the three-dimensional heat transfer calculation was used as a thermal boundary condition to the film growth rate simulations. Temperature drop due to the thermal contact resistance affected to the GaAs film growth a little but not to the InP film growth.

Growth of InGaP on Ge substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition for triple junction solar cells

  • Lee, Sang-Su;Yang, Chang-Jae;Sin, Geon-Uk;Yun, Ui-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.02a
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    • pp.133-133
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    • 2010
  • 3-5족 화합물 반도체를 이용한 집광형 삼중 접합 태양전지는 35% 이상의 광변환 효율로 주목을 받고 있다. 일반적으로 삼중 접합 태양전지는 넓은 영역대의 파장을 흡수하기 위해 밴드갭이 다른 InGaP, GaAs, Ge이 사용된다. 그 중 하부셀은 기계적 강도가 높고 장파장을 흡수할 수 있는 Ge이 사용되는데, p-type Ge 기판위에 III-V 결정막 성장 시 5족 원소가 확산되어 pn접합을 형성하게 된다. 이러한 구조를 가진 Ge 하부셀이 효율적으로 홀-전자 쌍을 형성하기 위해서는 두꺼운 베이스와 얇은 에미터 접합이 필요하다. InGaP의 phosphorus는 낮은 확산계수로 인해 GaAs의 arsenic에 비해 얇은 접합이 형성 가능하며, Ge표면 에칭효과가 더 적다는 장점이 있다. 이를 고려해 우리 연구그룹에서는 metalorganic chemical vapor depostion(MOCVD)을 이용하여 Ge기판위에 성장한 InGaP layer의 특성을 관찰해 보았다. <111>로 $6^{\circ}$ 기울어진 p-type Ge(100) 기판위에 MOCVD를 통해 InGaP layer를 형성하였고, 성장된 layer를 atomic force microscope(AFM)와 high-resolution x-ray diffraction(HRXRD)을 이용하여 표면형상, 조성, 응력상태 등을 각각 관찰하였다. 또한 phosphorus 확산에 의해 형성되는 도핑농도는 electrochemical capacitance-voltage(ECV)을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 성장된 Ge기판위의 InGaP layer의 경우 특징적으로 높이 50 nm, 밑변 길이 $1\;{\mu}m$의 경사진 표면을 관찰할 수 있었으며, 이러한 구조는 TMIn과 TMGa의 비율이 증가 할수록 감소하였다. 따라서 이러한 경사진 형태의 구조는 격자 불일치 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 추가적으로 V/III ratio의 최적화를 통해 1.3 nm의 표면 거칠기를 갖는 InGaP layer를 얻을 수 있었다. ECV를 통해 Ge 하부셀의 pn접합 형성을 관찰한 결과 약 160 nm에서 접합이 형성되는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한, 같은 성장 조건의 샘플을 1000 초 열처리 후에 접합깊이의 변화를 관찰한 결과 180 nm에서 접합이 관찰되었지만, GaAs의 arsenic에 의한 pn접합은 열처리 후에 그 깊이가 170 nm에서 300 nm로 증가 하였다. 따라서 삼중접합 태양전지의 제작 공정을 고려할 경우 phosphorus에 의한 접합 형성이 Ge 하부셀의 동작 특성에 유리할 것으로 판단된다.

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A TEM Study on Growth Characteristics of GaN on Si(111) Substrate using MOCVD (Si(111) 기판 위에 MOCVD 법으로 성장시킨 GaN의 성장 특성에 관한 TEM 분석)

  • 신희연;정성훈;유지범;서수정;양철웅
    • Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2003
  • The difference in lattice parameter and thermal expansion coefficient between GaN and Si which results in many defects into the grown GaN is larger than that between GaN and sapphire. In order to obtain high quality GaN films on Si substrate, it is essential to understand growth characteristics of GaN. In this study, GaN layers were grown on Si(111) substrates by MOCVD at three different GaN growth temperatures ($900^{\circ}C$, $1,000^{\circ}C$ and $1,100^{\circ}C$), using AlN and LT-GaN buffer layers. Using TEM, we carried out the comparative investigation of growth characteristics of GaN by characterizing lattice coherency, crystallinity, orientation relationship and defects formed (transition region, stacking fault, dislocation, etc). The localized region with high defect density was formed due to the lattice mismatch between AlN buffer layer and GaN. As the growth temperature of GaN increases, the defect density and surface roughness of GaN are decreased. In the case of GaN grown at $1,100^{\circ}$, growth thickness is decreased, and columns with out-plane misorientation are formed.

The Effect of MOCVD Growth Parameters on the Photolumenescence Intensity of InN/GaN Multi-layers (MOCVD 성장조건이 InN/GaN 다층박막의 발광세기에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hyeon-Su;Lee, Jeong-Ju;Jeong, Sun-Yeong;Lee, Jeong-Yong;Lin, J.Y.;Jiang, H.X.
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.190-194
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    • 2002
  • InN/GaN multi-layers were grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD) in order to get the appropriate structure for an high power blue-green light emitting diode(LED), and effects of growth conditions (growth temperature, pressure, and $trimethylindium(TMIn)-NH_3-N_2\; flow\; rare)$ on the integrated photoluminescence (PL) intensity and PL peak energy in InN/GaN multi-layers were investigated. The optimized growth conditions with the highest integrated PL intensity for InN/GaN multi-layers were obtained: the growth temperature at $780^{\circ}C$, the growth pressure at 325 Torr, the TMIn flow rate with 150 $m\ell$/min, the $NH_3$flow rate with 3.2 ι/min, and $N_2$ flow rate with 2 ι/min.

Microstructure and Magnetic properties of $Ti_{1-x}Co_xO_2$ Magnetic semiconductor thin films by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (유기금속화학기상증착법으로 제조된 자성반도체 $Ti_{1-x}Co_xO_2$ 박막의 미세구조 및 자기적 특성)

  • Seong, Nak-Jin;Yoon, Soon-Gil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.155-159
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    • 2003
  • Polycrystalline $Ti_{1-x}Co_xO_2$ thin films on $SiO_2$ (200 nm)/Si (100) substrates were prepared using liquid-delivery metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. Microstructures and ferromagnetic properties were investigated as a function of doped Co concentration. Ferromagnetic behaviors of polycrystalline films were observed at room temperature, and the magnetic and structural properties strongly depended on the Co distribution, which varied widely with doped Co concentration. The annealed $Ti_{1-x}Co_xO_2$ thin films with $x{\leq}0.05$ showed a homogeneous structure without any clusters, and pure ferromagnetic properties of thin films are only attributed to the $Ti_{1-x}Co_xO_2$ (TCO) phases. On the other hand, in case of thin films above x=0.05, Co clusters formed in a homogeneous $Ti_{1-x}Co_xO_2$ Phase, and the overall ferromagnetic (FM) properties depended on both $FM_{TCO}$ and $FM_{Co}$. Co clusters with about 10nm-150nm size decreased the value of Mr (the remanent magnetization) and increased the saturation magnetic field.

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Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Thin Films on Silicon Using a Single Source Precursors

  • Boo, Jin-Hyo;Lee, Soon-Bo;Casten Rohr;Wilson Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 1998.02a
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    • pp.120-120
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    • 1998
  • Boron nitride (BN) films have attracted a growing interest for a variety of t technological applications due to their excellent characteristics, namely hardness, c chemical inertness, and dielectrical behavior, etc. There are two crystalline phases 1551; of BN that are analogous to phases of carbon. Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has a a layered s$\sigma$ucture which is spz-bonded structure similar to that of graphite, and is t the stable ordered phase at ambient conditions. Cubic boron nitride (c-BN) has a z zinc blende structure with sp3-bonding like as diamond, 따ld is the metastable phase a at ambient conditions. Among of their prototypes, especially 삼Ie c-BN is an i interesting material because it has almost the same hardness and thermal c conductivity as di없nond. C Conventionally, significant progress has been made in the experimental t techniques for synthesizing BN films using various of the physical vapor deposition 밍ld chemical vapor deposition. But, the major disadvantage of c-BN films is that t they are much more difficult to synthesize than h-BN films due to its narrow s stability phase region, high compression stress, and problem of nitrogen source c control. Recent studies of the metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of I III - V compound have established that a molecular level understanding of the d deposition process is mandatory in controlling the selectivity parameters. This led t to the concept of using a single source organometallic precursor, having the c constituent elements in stoichiometric ratio, for MOCVD growth of 삼Ie required b binary compound. I In this study, therefore, we have been carried out the growth of h-BN thin f films on silicon substrates using a single source precursors. Polycrystalline h-BN t thin films were deposited on silicon in the temperature range of $\alpha$)() - 900 $^{\circ}$C from t the organometallic precursors of Boron-Triethylamine complex, (CZHs)3N:BRJ, and T Tris(dimethylamino)Borane, [CH3}zNhB, by supersonic molecular jet and remote p plasma assisted MOCVD. Hydrogen was used as carrier gas, and additional nitrogen w was supplied by either aDlIDonia through a nozzle, or nitrogen via a remote plasma. T The as-grown films were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x x-ray pthotoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, t transmission electron diffraction, optical transmission, and atomic force microscopy.roscopy.

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Deposition mechanism of $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ films on Si by MOCVD and property improvement by pulse injection method (MOCVD $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ 박막의 실리콘 위에서의 증착기구 및 유기 금속원료의 펄스주입법에 의한 박막 특성 개선)

  • 이석규;김준형;최두현;황민욱;엄명윤;김윤해;김진용;김형준
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.373-378
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    • 2000
  • There was a great difference in the formation kinetics of $TiO_2$ and $Bi_2O_3$ on silicon, but the growth of bismuth titanate (BIT) thin film was mainly limited by the formation of $TiO_2$. As a result, the BIT film was easy to be lack of bismuth. The pulse injection metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process was introduced in order to overcome this problem by recovering the insufficient bismuth content in the film. By this pulse injection method, bismuth content was increased and also the uniform in-depth composition of the film was attained with a abrupt $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}/Si$ interface. In addition, the crystallinity of $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ thin film prepared by pulse injection process was greatly improved and the leakage current density was lowered by 1/2~1/3 of magnitude. Clockwise hysteresis of C-V was observed and the ferroelectric switching was confirmed for $Bi_4Ti_3O_{12}$ film deposited by pulse injection method.

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One-dimensional Array of Inks Quantum Dots on Grown V-grooves (V 홈 바닥에 형성된 일차원 InAs 양자점)

  • Son, Chang-Sik;Choi, In-Hoon;Park, Young-Ju
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.13 no.11
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    • pp.708-710
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    • 2003
  • One-dimensional array of InAs quantum dots (QDs) have been grown on V-grooved GaAs substrates by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. Atomic force microscope images show that InAs QDs are aligned in one-dimensional rows along the [011]oriented bottom of V-grooves and no QDs are formed on the sidewalls and the surface of mesa top. Capability to grow one-dimensional InAs QDs array would feasible for the single electron tunneling devices and other novel quantum-confined devices.

Heavy Carbon Incorporation into High-Index GaAs (고농도로 탄소 도핑된 높은 밀러 지수 GaAs)

  • Son, Chang-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.13 no.11
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    • pp.717-720
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    • 2003
  • Heavily $p^{ +}$-typed ($10^{20}$ $cm^{-3}$ ) GaAs epilayers have been grown on high-index GaAs substrates with various crystallographic orientations from (100) to (111)A by a low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. Carbon (C) tetrabromide (CBr$_4$) was used as a C source. At moderate growth temperatures and high V/III ratios, the hole concentration of C-doped GaAs epilayers shows the crystallographic orientation dependence. The bonding strength of As sites on a growing surface plays an important role in the C incorporation into the high-index GaAs substrates.

Photoluminescence in Carbon-doped GaAs Epilayers Grown on GaAs (311)A (GaAs (311)A 기판 위에 성장된 탄소 도핑된 GaAs 에피층의 광여기 발광)

  • 조신호
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.208-213
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    • 2002
  • We present the temperature and excitation power density dependence of the photoluminescence from carbon-doped GaAs epilayers grown on GaAs (311)A substrate by atmospheric pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. The measured temperature dependence of the PL peak energy is well expressed by an empirical formula proposed by Varshni. The thermal quenching mechanism of the intensity of 16 K luminescence peak at 1.480 eV is described with the dominant activation energy of 27$\pm$2 meV. The activation energy shows an evidence that the emission band involves the carbon acceptor in the recombination process.