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Understanding the Mechanism of Electronic Defect Suppression Enabled by Nonidealities in Atomic Layer Deposition.
Silicon germanium (SiGe) is a multifunctional material considered for quantum computing, neuromorphic devices, and CMOS transistors. However, implementation of SiGe in nanoscale electronic devices necessitates suppression of surface states dominating the electronic properties. The absence of a stable and passive surface oxide for SiGe results in the formation of charge traps at the SiGe-oxide interface induced by GeOx. In an ideal ALD process in which oxide is grown layer by layer, the GeOx formation should be prevented with selective surface oxidation (i.e., formation of an SiOx interface) by controlling the oxidant dose in the first few ALD cycles of the oxide deposition on SiGe. However, in a real ALD process, the interface evolves during the entire ALD oxide deposition due to diffusion of reactant species through the gate oxide. In this work, this diffusion process in nonideal ALD is investigated and exploited: the diffusion through the oxide during ALD is utilized to passivate the interfacial defects by employing ozone as a secondary oxidant. Periodic ozone exposure during gate oxide ALD on SiGe is shown to reduce the integrated trap density (Dit) across the band gap by nearly 1 order of magnitude in Al2O3 (<6 Ă 1010 cm-2) and in HfO2 (<3.9 Ă 1011 cm-2) by forming a SiOx-rich interface on SiGe. Depletion of Ge from the interfacial layer (IL) by enhancement of volatile GeOx formation and consequent desorption from the SiGe with ozone insertion during the ALD growth process is confirmed by electron energy loss spectroscopy (STEM-EELS) and hypothesized to be the mechanism for reduction of the interfacial defects. In this work, the nanoscale mechanism for defect suppression at the SiGe-oxide interface is demonstrated, which is engineering of diffusion species in the ALD process due to facile diffusion of reactant species in nonideal ALD
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Selective Passivation of GeO2/Ge Interface Defects in Atomic Layer Deposited High-k MOS Structures.
Effective passivation of interface defects in high-k metal oxide/Ge gate stacks is a longstanding goal of research on germanium metal-oxide-semiconductor devices. In this paper, we use photoelectron spectroscopy to probe the formation of a GeO2 interface layer between an atomic layer deposited Al2O3 gate dielectric and a Ge(100) substrate during forming gas anneal (FGA). Capacitance- and conductance-voltage data were used to extract the interface trap density energy distribution. These results show selective passivation of interface traps with energies in the top half of the Ge band gap under annealing conditions that produce GeO2 interface layer growth. First-principles modeling of Ge/GeO2 and Ge/GeO/GeO2 structures and calculations of the resulting partial density of states (PDOS) are in good agreement with the experiment results.This work was supported in part by the Stanford Initiative for Nanoscale Materials and Processes (INMP). This work was performed at the National Synchrotron Light Source and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, which are supported by the US Department of Energy. Additional support was provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.This is the accepted manuscript. The final version is available at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.5b06087
Dielectric Breakdown in Chemical Vapor Deposited Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Insulating films are essential in multiple electronic devices because they can provide essential functionalities, such as capacitance effects and electrical fields. Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have superb electronic, physical, chemical, thermal, and optical properties, and they can be effectively used to provide additional performances, such as flexibility and transparency. 2D layered insulators are called to be essential in future electronic devices, but their reliability, degradation kinetics, and dielectric breakdown (BD) process are still not understood. In this work, the dielectric breakdown process of multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is analyzed on the nanoscale and on the device level, and the experimental results are studied via theoretical models. It is found that under electrical stress, local charge accumulation and charge trapping/detrapping are the onset mechanisms for dielectric BD formation. By means of conductive atomic force microscopy, the BD event was triggered at several locations on the surface of different dielectrics (SiO2, HfO2, Al2O3, multilayer h-BN, and monolayer h-BN); BD-induced hillocks rapidly appeared on the surface of all of them when the BD was reached, except in monolayer h-BN. The high thermal conductivity of h-BN combined with the one-atom-thick nature are genuine factors contributing to heat dissipation at the BD spot, which avoids self-accelerated and thermally driven catastrophic BD. These results point to monolayer h-BN as a sublime dielectric in terms of reliability, which may have important implications in future digital electronic devices.Fil: Jiang, Lanlan. Soochow University; ChinaFil: Shi, Yuanyuan. Soochow University; China. University of Stanford; Estados UnidosFil: Hui, Fei. Soochow University; China. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Estados UnidosFil: Tang, Kechao. University of Stanford; Estados UnidosFil: Wu, Qian. Soochow University; ChinaFil: Pan, Chengbin. Soochow University; ChinaFil: Jing, Xu. Soochow University; China. University of Texas at Austin; Estados UnidosFil: Uppal, Hasan. University of Manchester; Reino UnidoFil: Palumbo, FĂ©lix Roberto Mario. ComisiĂłn Nacional de EnergĂa AtĂłmica; Argentina. Universidad TecnolĂłgica Nacional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; ArgentinaFil: Lu, Guangyuan. Chinese Academy of Sciences; RepĂșblica de ChinaFil: Wu, Tianru. Chinese Academy of Sciences; RepĂșblica de ChinaFil: Wang, Haomin. Chinese Academy of Sciences; RepĂșblica de ChinaFil: Villena, Marco A.. Soochow University; ChinaFil: Xie, Xiaoming. Chinese Academy of Sciences; RepĂșblica de China. ShanghaiTech University; ChinaFil: McIntyre, Paul C.. University of Stanford; Estados UnidosFil: Lanza, Mario. Soochow University; Chin
Tunable band gap in few-layer graphene by surface adsorption
There is a tunable band gap in ABC-stacked few-layer graphene (FLG) via
applying a vertical electric field, but the operation of FLG-based field effect
transistor (FET) requires two gates to create a band gap and tune channel's
conductance individually. Using first principle calculations, we propose an
alternative scheme to open a band gap in ABC-stacked FLG namely via single-side
adsorption. The band gap is generally proportional to the charge transfer
density. The capability to open a band gap of metal adsorption decreases in
this order: K/Al > Cu/Ag/Au > Pt. Moreover, we find that even the band gap of
ABA-stacked FLG can be opened if the bond symmetry is broken. Finally, a
single-gated FET based on Cu-adsorbed ABC-stacked trilayer graphene is
simulated. A clear transmission gap is observed, which is comparable with the
band gap. This renders metal-adsorbed FLG a promising channel in a single-gated
FET device
HighâPerformance Flexible Broadband Photodetectors Based on 2D Hafnium Selenosulfide Nanosheets
2D transitionâmetal dichalcogenides have attracted significant interest in recent years due to their multiple degrees of freedom, allowing for tuning their physical properties via band engineering and dimensionality adjustment. The study of ternary 2D hafnium selenosulfide HfSSe (HSS) highâquality single crystals grown with the chemical vapor transport (CVT) technique is reported. An asâgrown HSS single crystal exhibits excellent phototransistor performance from the visible to the nearâinfrared with outstanding stability. A giant photoresponsivity (â6.4 Ă 104 A Wâ1 at 488 nm) and high specific detectivity (â1014 Jones) are exhibited by a device fabricated by exfoliating singleâcrystal HSS of nanoâthickness on a rigid Si/SiO2 substrate. The application of HSS single crystal is extended to yield a sensible flexible photodetector of photoresponsivity up to â1.3 A Wâ1 at 980 nm. The photoresponsivity of CVTâgrown HSS single crystal is significantly larger than those fabricated with other existing Hfâbased chalcogenides. The results suggest that the layered multiâelemental 2D chalcogenide single crystals hold great promise for future wearable electronics and integrated optoelectronic circuits
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