Stable trapping of electrons and holes in deposited insulating oxides:: Al2O3, ZrO2, and HfO2

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Afanas'ev, VV [1 ]
Stesmans, A [1 ]
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[1] Univ Louvain, Dept Phys, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium
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10.1063/1.1641521
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Charge trapping in high-permittivity metal oxides (Al2O3, ZrO2, and HfO2) grown on (100)Si using various types of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) was studied using generation of electron-hole pairs in the oxide by 10 eV photons. For most of the CVD methods, thin (approximate to5 nm) oxide films exhibit positive charging suggesting hole trapping as most efficient charge trapping process. Negative charge is observed only in as-deposited nitrogen-containing films grown from Hf(NO3)(4). The trapped positive charge depends only weakly on the HfO2 thickness indicating that holes are trapped in a silicon oxide interlayer grown between the Si and HfO2 during deposition, which is further affirmed by enhanced positive charging after additional oxidation of the samples at high temperatures. The work function of the metal electrode material has a large influence on hole trapping in thin oxides, indicating electron exchange between the metal and defect states in the oxide. In addition, trapping of positive charge correlates with liberation of atomic hydrogen during electron-hole pair generation pointing to a considerable contribution of protonic species to the charge. Electron trapping increases with thickness of oxide layers and appears strongly sensitive to both the method of oxide deposition and post-deposition processing. This suggests the electron traps to be related to defects and/or impurities incorporated into the oxide film during deposition. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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