Benzethonium chloride as a tungsten corrosion inhibitor in neutral and alkaline media for the post-chemical mechanical planarization application
- Authors
- Punathil Meethal, Ranjith; Jalalzai, Palwasha; Muskan; Kumar, Sumit; Peter, Jerome; Klipp, Andreas; Kim, Tae-Gon; Park, Jin-Goo
- Issue Date
- Aug-2023
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Keywords
- Corrosion inhibitors; EIS; Frontier molecular orbital theory; Langmuir adsorption; Molecular simulation; Tungsten post-CMP
- Citation
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, v.643, pp 465 - 479
- Pages
- 15
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
- Volume
- 643
- Start Page
- 465
- End Page
- 479
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/115381
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.012
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
1095-7103
- Abstract
- The cleaning solution for the post-chemical mechanical planarization (post-CMP) process of tungsten in neutral-alkaline media requires corrosion inhibitors as an additive, especially for advanced devices where the device node size shrinks below 10 nm. In the present study, the corrosion inhibition performance of benzethonium chloride (BTC) is evaluated in neutral-alkaline conditions. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analysis showed ∼ 90 % of corrosion inhibition efficiency with an optimum concentration of 0.01 wt% BTC at both pH 7 and 11. Langmuir adsorption isotherm, frontier molecular orbital theory, molecular simulation, contact angle, precipitation study, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis were performed to identify the inhibition mechanism of the BTC molecule on the W surface. Based on the proposed mechanism, the electrostatic attraction between the positively charged N atom in the BTC molecule and the negatively charged W surface initiates the adsorption of the molecule. The high dipole moment and large molecular size enhance the physical adsorption of the molecule to the surface. In addition to this, the adsorption isotherm analysis shows that possible chemical interaction with a moderate value of Gibbs free energy change of adsorption exists between the W and BTC molecule. The excellent corrosion inhibition efficiency of BTC on W is confirmed by the frontier molecular orbital theory and molecular dynamic simulation analysis. © 2023 Elsevier Inc.
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