Growth of hafnium dioxide thin films via metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

Autor: Yuan Luo, Jinquan Hu, Changyi Hu, Qiaowen Chang, Jun Zhao, Yan Wei, Hongzhong Cai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Materials Research Express, Vol 8, Iss 10, p 106402 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2053-1591
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ac2fcb
Popis: Metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) is a key technique for depositing thin solid film materials for use in important technological applications. To obtain thin films of the desired standard, it is essential to design volatile, reactive and thermally stable precursors. A metal-organic precursor consisting of Hf with excellent vaporization characteristics and low decomposition temperature has been reported. Hafnium dioxide thin films on a Mo substrate were obtained via thermal MOCVD using Hafnium(IV) acetylacetonate(Hf(acac) _4 ) in a horizontal cold-wall reactor. The Hf(acac) _4 precursor was synthesized from HfCl _4 and Hthd in methanol. Hf(acac) _4 was characterized using elemental analysis and infrared spectroscopy. The thermal decomposition properties were studied using thermogravimetric analysis under a nitrogen atmosphere. The results showed that Hf(acac) _4 was completely volatised at 245 °C. The thin films products were investigated using x-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results from these measurements revealed that the main crystalline phase was the monoclinic phase, the surface consists of hafnium and oxygen and the morphology was densely packed and composed of visible grains.
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