Silicon Growth on 3C-SiC(001)/Si(001): Pressure Influence and Thermal Effect

Publisher: Trans Tech Publications

E-ISSN: 1662-9752|2015|821|978-981

ISSN: 0255-5476

Source: Materials Science Forum, Vol.2015, Iss.821, 2015-07, pp. : 978-981

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Abstract

We evaluate the influence of the growth parameters on the crystal quality of Si films grown by chemical vapor deposition on 3C-SiC(001)/Si (001) epilayers. It is shown that the pressure plays a major role on the final quality of the films, with two distinct growth regimes. The defects in the films were found to be antiphase boundaries and μ-twins. The influence of the growth parameters as well as the 3CSiC structural properties on these defects are discussed. The impact of a subsequent thermal annealing, under different gas environments, is also investigated and reveals some noticeable differences according to the gas environment used in the annealing process.