SURFACE ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF HF-TREATED SI(100)

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HUANG, LJ [1 ]
LAU, WM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WESTERN ONTARIO,DEPT PHYS,LONDON N6A 5B7,ONTARIO,CANADA
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS | 1992年 / 10卷 / 04期
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10.1116/1.577677
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TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
The effects of hydrofluoric acid etching of SiO2/Si on surface band bending of p- and n-Si, and the thermal stability of such effects were studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy. It was found that near flat band surfaces could be prepared on p- and n-Si by HF etching. However, a significant increase of surface band bending was found when p-Si was treated with an HF concentration of higher than 10%. Raman spectroscopy confirmed that excessive hydrogen incorporation deactivated the boron-dopant in Si by forming an H-B-Si complex. Nevertheless, the boron dopant could be reactivated by annealing at a temperature as low as 120-degrees-C.
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