高质量AlN薄膜对制造高性能深紫外器件非常重要,但是目前还很难使用大型工业MOCVD生长出高质量的AlN薄膜。采用磁控溅射制备了不同厚度的用作成核层的AlN薄膜,使用大型工业MOCVD直接在成核层上高温生长AlN外延层,研究了不同成核层对AlN...高质量AlN薄膜对制造高性能深紫外器件非常重要,但是目前还很难使用大型工业MOCVD生长出高质量的AlN薄膜。采用磁控溅射制备了不同厚度的用作成核层的AlN薄膜,使用大型工业MOCVD直接在成核层上高温生长AlN外延层,研究了不同成核层对AlN外延层质量的影响。通过扫描电子显微镜和原子力显微镜对成核层AlN薄膜的表面形貌进行表征;使用高分辨X射线衍射仪对AlN外延层晶体质量进行表征,结果表明:在溅射成核层上生长的AlN外延层的晶体质量有显著提高。使用大型工业MOCVD在蓝宝石衬底上成功制备出中心波长为282 nm的可商用深紫外LED,在注入电流为20 m A时,单颗深紫外LED芯片的光输出功率达到了1.65 m W,对应的外量子效率为1.87%,饱和光输出功率达到4.31 mW。展开更多
Thick GaN films of high quality are directly grown on wet-etching patterned sapphire in a vertical hydride vapour phase epitaxy reactor. The optical and structural properties of GaN films are studied using scanning el...Thick GaN films of high quality are directly grown on wet-etching patterned sapphire in a vertical hydride vapour phase epitaxy reactor. The optical and structural properties of GaN films are studied using scanning electronic microscopy and cathodoluminescence. Test results show that initial growth of hydride vapour phase epitaxy GaN occurs not only on the mesas but also on the two asymmetric sidewalls of the V-shaped grooves without selectivity. After the two-step coalescence near the interface, the GaN films near the surface keep on growing along the direction perpendicular to the long sidewall. Based on Raman results, GaN of the coalescence region in the grooves has the maximum residual stress and poor crystalline quality over the whole GaN film, and the coalescence process can release the stress. Therefore, stress-free thick GaN films are prepared with smooth and crack-free surfaces by this particular growth mode on wet-etching patterned sapphire substrates.展开更多
Graphene on gallium nitride (GaN) will be quite useful when the graphene is used as transparent electrodes to improve the performance of gallium nitride devices. In this work, we report the direct synthesis of graph...Graphene on gallium nitride (GaN) will be quite useful when the graphene is used as transparent electrodes to improve the performance of gallium nitride devices. In this work, we report the direct synthesis of graphene on GaN without an extra catalyst by chemical vapor deposition. Raman spectra indicate that the graphene films are uniform and about 5-6 layers in thickness. Meanwhile, the effects of growth temperatures on the growth of graphene films are systematically studied, of which 950 ℃ is found to be the optimum growth temperature. The sheet resistance of the grown graphene is 41.1 Ω/square, which is close to the lowest sheet resistance of transferred graphene reported. The mechanism of graphene growth on GaN is proposed and discussed in detail. XRD spectra and photoluminescence spectra indicate that the quality of GaN epi-layers will not be affected after the growth of graphene.展开更多
Thick GaN films with high quality are directly grown on sapphire in a home-built vertical hydride vapour phase epitaxy (HVPE) reactor. The optical and structural properties of large scale columnar domains near the i...Thick GaN films with high quality are directly grown on sapphire in a home-built vertical hydride vapour phase epitaxy (HVPE) reactor. The optical and structural properties of large scale columnar domains near the interface are studied using cathodoluminescence and micro-Raman scattering. These columnar domains show a strong emission intensity due to extremely high free carrier concentration up to 2 × 10^19 cm^-3, which are related with impurities trapped in structural defects. The compressive stress in GaN film clearly decreases with increasing distance from interface. The quasi-continuous columnar domains play an important role in the stress relaxation for the upper high quality layer.展开更多
文摘高质量AlN薄膜对制造高性能深紫外器件非常重要,但是目前还很难使用大型工业MOCVD生长出高质量的AlN薄膜。采用磁控溅射制备了不同厚度的用作成核层的AlN薄膜,使用大型工业MOCVD直接在成核层上高温生长AlN外延层,研究了不同成核层对AlN外延层质量的影响。通过扫描电子显微镜和原子力显微镜对成核层AlN薄膜的表面形貌进行表征;使用高分辨X射线衍射仪对AlN外延层晶体质量进行表征,结果表明:在溅射成核层上生长的AlN外延层的晶体质量有显著提高。使用大型工业MOCVD在蓝宝石衬底上成功制备出中心波长为282 nm的可商用深紫外LED,在注入电流为20 m A时,单颗深紫外LED芯片的光输出功率达到了1.65 m W,对应的外量子效率为1.87%,饱和光输出功率达到4.31 mW。
基金Supported by the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant Nos 2006AA03A143, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 60806001, and the Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No ISCAS2008T03.
文摘Thick GaN films of high quality are directly grown on wet-etching patterned sapphire in a vertical hydride vapour phase epitaxy reactor. The optical and structural properties of GaN films are studied using scanning electronic microscopy and cathodoluminescence. Test results show that initial growth of hydride vapour phase epitaxy GaN occurs not only on the mesas but also on the two asymmetric sidewalls of the V-shaped grooves without selectivity. After the two-step coalescence near the interface, the GaN films near the surface keep on growing along the direction perpendicular to the long sidewall. Based on Raman results, GaN of the coalescence region in the grooves has the maximum residual stress and poor crystalline quality over the whole GaN film, and the coalescence process can release the stress. Therefore, stress-free thick GaN films are prepared with smooth and crack-free surfaces by this particular growth mode on wet-etching patterned sapphire substrates.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61274040 and 51102226)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2011CB301904)+2 种基金the National High Technology Program of China(Grant Nos.2011AA03A103 and 2011AA03A105)the National Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10774032 and 90921001)the Key Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Water Science Research,Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.Y2010031)
文摘Graphene on gallium nitride (GaN) will be quite useful when the graphene is used as transparent electrodes to improve the performance of gallium nitride devices. In this work, we report the direct synthesis of graphene on GaN without an extra catalyst by chemical vapor deposition. Raman spectra indicate that the graphene films are uniform and about 5-6 layers in thickness. Meanwhile, the effects of growth temperatures on the growth of graphene films are systematically studied, of which 950 ℃ is found to be the optimum growth temperature. The sheet resistance of the grown graphene is 41.1 Ω/square, which is close to the lowest sheet resistance of transferred graphene reported. The mechanism of graphene growth on GaN is proposed and discussed in detail. XRD spectra and photoluminescence spectra indicate that the quality of GaN epi-layers will not be affected after the growth of graphene.
文摘Thick GaN films with high quality are directly grown on sapphire in a home-built vertical hydride vapour phase epitaxy (HVPE) reactor. The optical and structural properties of large scale columnar domains near the interface are studied using cathodoluminescence and micro-Raman scattering. These columnar domains show a strong emission intensity due to extremely high free carrier concentration up to 2 × 10^19 cm^-3, which are related with impurities trapped in structural defects. The compressive stress in GaN film clearly decreases with increasing distance from interface. The quasi-continuous columnar domains play an important role in the stress relaxation for the upper high quality layer.