SURFACE CHEMICAL-STATES ON 3C-SIC/SI EPILAYERS

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作者
WEE, ATS [1 ]
FENG, ZC [1 ]
HNG, HH [1 ]
TAN, KL [1 ]
TIN, CC [1 ]
HU, R [1 ]
COSTON, R [1 ]
机构
[1] AUBURN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,AUBURN,AL 36849
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10.1016/0169-4332(94)90041-8
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A series of 3C-SiC/Si(100) films grown by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) with different growth times and hence film thicknesses, are studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). XPS showed that the surfaces of the samples consist of Si oxides (SiO2 and SiOx where x < 2) and unreacted CH. Unreacted elemental Si is also present and its amount decreases with increasing growth time. This surface overlayer is further investigated by changing the photoelectron take-off angle and from chemical etching studies. Compositional variations of the SiC films are also studied using SIMS. The results are discussed in terms of the three-step CVD growth process, namely, etching, buffer layer formation, and single-crystal 3C-SiC growth.
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