Structural and morphological characterization of Al2O3 coated macro-porous silicon by atomic layer deposition

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Authors

SAMPATH Sridhar MAYDANNIK Philipp IVANOVA Tatiana HOMOLA Tomáš SILLANPAA Mika NAGUMOTHU Rameshbabu ALAGAN Viswanathan

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Thin Solid Films
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004060901630534X
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2016.09.026
Field Plasma physics
Keywords Electrochemical anodization;Atomic layer deposition;Porous silicon;Conformal coating;Band gap energy
Description In the present study, Al2O3 coated on macro-porous silicon (m-PS) is prepared by atomic layer deposition (ALD) whereas m-PS is prepared by electrochemical anodization of P type silicon (100) with current density of 15 mA/cm2. Field emission scanning electron microscopy analysis shows Al2O3 nanoparticles with size of ~ 100 nm are conformally coated on m-PS. The surface chemistry and formation mechanism of ALD of Al2O3 (ALD-Al2O3) on m-PS are demonstrated in detail. Optical profilometer results of Al2O3/m-PS confirm conformality of Al2O3 coating on m-PS because the surface amplitude parameter values of m-PS are decreased after ALD-Al2O3. Fourier Transform Infrared analysis confirms that unstable Si-H species of m-PS are replaced with stable Si-Al species. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of Al2O3/m-PS is carried out for chemical analysis and band gap energy measurement of Al2O3. The XPS survey spectrum shows that fluorine peak is also evolved along with Al, O and C elements which confirm that m-PS surface consists of fluorine. The band gap energy of Al2O3 coating is calculated as 6.91 eV from analysis of high resolution O 1s spectrum.
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