Formation of germanates on germanium by chemical vapor treatment
Journal article, 2010

The surface of a single crystal Germanium wafer was transformed to fluoride and oxide crystals upon exposure to a vapor of HF and HNO3 chemical mixture. Ellipsometry. X-ray, SEM and photoluminescence were used to investigate the physical properties of the resultant surface structure The analysis indicates that the transformation results in a polycrystalline hexagonal ammonium fluogermanates and a hexagonal alpha-Germanium oxide Clusters with a preferential crystal growth orientation in < 101 > direction The fluogermanates grow particularly around the germanium oxide Clusters as evidenced by electron dispersive spectroscopy profiling Local vibrational mode analysis confirm the presence of N-H and Ge-F vibrational modes of NH4+ and GeF6- ions. The vibrational modes at around 840 cm(-1) is significative of GeOx stretching bands originating from the partial coverage surface oxide formed together with the fluogermanates and clusters oil the Germanium Electronic band structure as probed by ellipsometry is typical of Ge and any discrepancy was associated with disorder induced band tailing effects originating possibly from the effect of oxide clustering.

SURFACE

MECHANISM

ION

AMMONIUM SILICON

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE

SYSTEM

GE

POROUS SILICON

Author

S. Kalem

Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu

Örjan Arthursson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Nanofabrication Laboratory

I. Romandic

Umicore

Thin Solid Films

0040-6090 (ISSN)

Vol. 518 9 2377-2380

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.tsf.2009.09.137

More information

Latest update

7/12/2019