• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.302-306
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• 2008

Polycrystalline germanium (Ge) thin films were grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) using tetra-allyl germanium [$Ge(allyl)_4$], and germane ($GeH_4$) as precursors. Ge thin films were grown on a $TiN(50nm)/SiO_2/Si$ substrate by varying the growth conditions of the reactive gas ($H_2$), temperature ($300-700^{\circ}C$) and pressure (1-760Torr). $H_2$ gas helps to remove carbon from Ge film for a $Ge(allyl)_4$ precursor but not for a $GeH_4$ precursor. $Ge(allyl)_4$ exhibits island growth (VW mode) characteristics under conditions of 760Torr at $400-700^{\circ}C$, whereas $GeH_4$ shows a layer growth pattern (FM mode) under conditions of 5Torr at $400-700^{\circ}C$. The activation energies of the two precursors under optimized deposition conditions were 13.4 KJ/mol and 31.0 KJ/mol, respectively.