Modification of Al/Si interface and Schottky barrier height with chemical treatment

Horváth, Zsolt József and Ádám, Antalné and Szabo, I. and Serényi, Miklós and Vo Van, Tuyen (2002) Modification of Al/Si interface and Schottky barrier height with chemical treatment. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 190 (1-4). pp. 441-444. ISSN 0169-4332

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Abstract

The influence of different chemical treatments on the electrical behaviour of n- and p-type Al/Si Schottky junctions was studied. A Schottky barrier height of 0.91 eV was achieved on p-type Si probably due to the unpinning of the Fermi-level at the Al/Si interface. This is one of the highest barrier height values reported so far for a solid-state Schottky junction prepared to p-Si. A doping level reduction was observed in the vicinity of the Si surface for wafers with native oxide and for those boiled in acetone or annealed in forming gas. It was observed unexpectedly that the reactive plasma etch used for the formation of mesa structures decreases the apparent Schottky barrier height. The relation between the sum of n- and p-type Schottky barrier heights and forbidden gap is discussed. # 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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