Electrical Properties of HfO2 on Si1-xGex Substrates Pretreated Using a Y Precursor with and without Subsequent Oxidant Pulsing
- Authors
- Lee, W.[Lee, W.]; Lee, J.[Lee, J.]; Eom, D.[Eom, D.]; Oh, J.[Oh, J.]; Park, C.[Park, C.]; Kim, J.[Kim, J.]; Shin, H.[Shin, H.]; Kim, H.[Kim, H.]
- Issue Date
- 1-Feb-2023
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Keywords
- electrical characteristics; HfO< sub> 2< /sub> ; Si< sub> 1−x< /sub> Ge< sub> x< /sub> ; surface treatment; Y(CpBut)< sub> 3< /sub>
- Citation
- ACS Applied Electronic Materials, v.5, no.2, pp.1189 - 1195
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS Applied Electronic Materials
- Volume
- 5
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 1189
- End Page
- 1195
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/104649
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsaelm.2c01641
- ISSN
- 2637-6113
- Abstract
- We introduced Y-O bonds in the interfacial layer between HfO2 and Si1-xGex (x = 0, 0.15, and 0.3) using two different pretreatment methods to minimize the number of interfacial defects. The pretreatments involved the application of cyclic pulses of Y(CpBut)3 and N2, which proceeded with or without the injection of an oxidizing agent (H2O) at 250 °C, which was the temperature used for the subsequent in situ atomic layer deposition of HfO2. Both Y pretreatments were beneficial in reducing the leakage current and positive flatband voltage shift, which were induced by an increase in the Ge concentration of the substrate. In addition, the interface state density was significantly reduced by the pretreatments, and this effect was more pronounced when the oxidizing agent injection step was skipped. However, both pretreatments increased the capacitance-equivalent oxide thickness, thereby having an adverse effect, possibly owing to a change in the composition of the interfacial layer. © 2023 American Chemical Society
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