High temperature thermal stability of the HfO2/Ge (100) interface as a function of surface preparation studied by synchrotron radiation core level photo emission

Rajesh Kumar Chellappan, Durga Rao Gajula, David McNeill, Greg Hughes

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Abstract

High resolution soft x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (SXPS) have been used to study the high temperature thermal stability of ultra-thin atomic layer deposited (ALD) HfO2 layers (∼1 nm) on sulphur passivated and hydrofluoric acid (HF) treated germanium surfaces. The interfacial oxides which are detected for both surface preparations following HfO2 deposition can be effectively removed by annealing upto 700 °C without any evidence of chemical interaction at the HfO2/Ge interface. The estimated valence and conduction band offsets for the HfO2/Ge abrupt interface indicated that effective barriers exist to inhibit carrier injection.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)345-349
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume292
Early online date04 Dec 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2014

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