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Low-temperature epitaxial growth of the quaternary wide band gap semiconductor SiCAlN

ROUČKA, R., TOLLE, J., CROZIER, P., CHIZMESHYA, A., TSONG, I., KOUVETAKIS, J., POWELEIT, C., SMITH, D.

Original Title

Low-temperature epitaxial growth of the quaternary wide band gap semiconductor SiCAlN

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Two compounds SiC and AlN, normally insoluble in each other below similar to2000 degreesC , are synthesized as a single-phase solid-solution thin film by molecular beam epitaxy at 750 degreesC. The growth of epitaxial SiCAlN films with hexagonal structure takes place on 6H-SiC(0001) substrates. Two structural models for the hexagonal SiCAlN films are constructed based on first-principles total-energy density functional theory calculations, each showing agreement with the experimental microstructures observed in cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy images. The predicted fundamental band gap is 3.2 eV for the stoichiometric SiCAlN film.

Key words in English

DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY, MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY, POLY-ATOMIC SYSTEMS, ALUMINUM NITRIDE, ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE, SILICON-CARBIDE, SOLID-SOLUTIONS, ALLOYS, INTERFACES, AIN

Authors

ROUČKA, R., TOLLE, J., CROZIER, P., CHIZMESHYA, A., TSONG, I., KOUVETAKIS, J., POWELEIT, C., SMITH, D.

RIV year

2004

Released

20. 5. 2002

ISBN

0031-9007

Periodical

Physical Review Letters

Year of study

88

Number

20

State

United States of America

Pages from

206102

Pages to

206106

Pages count

5

BibTex

@article{BUT40591,
  author="Radek {Roučka} and J. {Tolle} and P. {Crozier} and A. {Chizmeshya} and I. {Tsong} and J. {Kouvetakis} and C. D. {Poweleit} and D. J. {Smith}",
  title="Low-temperature epitaxial growth of the quaternary wide band gap semiconductor SiCAlN",
  journal="Physical Review Letters",
  year="2002",
  volume="88",
  number="20",
  pages="5",
  issn="0031-9007"
}