Initial oxidation of Si(001)-2 x 1 surface studied by photoelectron spectroscopy coupled with medium energy ion scattering

被引:21
作者
Hoshino, Y [1 ]
Nishimura, T [1 ]
Nakada, T [1 ]
Namba, H [1 ]
Kido, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] Ritsumeikan Univ, Fac Sci & Engn, Dept Phys, Kusatsu, Shiga 5258577, Japan
关键词
medium energy ion scattering (MEIS); oxidation; silicon; synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy;
D O I
10.1016/S0039-6028(01)01165-7
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Clean Si(0 0 1)-2 x 1 surface with a double-domain dimer structure was oxidized at room temperature (RT) under 0, pressure of 1 x 10(-8) Torr. The oxidation is almost saturated at O-2-exposure of 10 L (1 L: 10(-6) Torrs) with O-2 coverage of 1.30 +/- 0.05 ML (1 ML: 6.78 x 10(14) atoms/cm(2)), which was measured by medium energy ion scattering. There exist two oxidation stages, rapid (0-10 L) and very slow ( greater than or equal to 10 L) oxidation regimes. In the slow oxidation regime, the O-adsorption rate was estimated to be 0.5-1.0 x 10(-4) ML/L and the 0 atoms are adsorbed to on-top sites. The Si-2p core level analysis using synchrotron-radiation light revealed the fact that the high oxidation states Si3+ and Si4+ appear and have large fractions even at the early stage of the oxidation. As another information, the Si4+ state atoms tend to take the position of the top surface and other oxidation states atoms are distributed in the top and second layers. The present results indicate that the initial oxidation does not proceed in a laterally uniform fashion but occurs as the formation of microscopic oxide complexes distributed randomly. Considering the absolute 0 coverage and the fractions of oxidation states, we propose a possible structure model for the initial oxidation of the Si(0 0 0)-2 x 1 surface at RT. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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