Atomic-Scale Modification of Oxidation Phenomena on the Ge(100) Surface by Si Alloying




Kuzmin Mikhail, Lehtiö Juha-Pekka, Jahanshah Rad Zahra, Sorokina Svetlana V., Punkkinen Marko P. J., Hedman Hannu-Pekka, Punkkinen Risto, Laukkanen Pekka, Kokko Kalevi

PublisherAmerican Chemical Society

2021

ACS Materials Au

2694-2461

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.1c00039

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.1c00039

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/68474507



Properties of Ge oxides are significantly different from those of widely used Si oxides. For example, the instability of GeOx at device junctions causes electronic defect levels that degrade the performance of Ge-containing devices (e.g., transistors and infrared detectors). Therefore, the passivating Si layers have been commonly used at Ge interfaces to reduce the effects of Ge oxide instability and mimic the successful strategy of Si oxidation. To contribute to the atomic-scale knowledge and control of oxidation of such Si-alloyed Ge interfaces (O/Si/Ge), we present a synchrotron radiation core-level study of O/Si/Ge, which is combined with scanning probe microscopy measurements. The oxidation processes and electronic properties of O/Si/Ge(100) are examined as functions of Si amount and oxidation doses. In particular, the incorporation of Si into Ge is shown to cause the strengthening of Ge−O bonds and the increase of incorporated oxygen amount in oxide/Ge junctions, supporting that the method is useful to decrease the defect-level densities.


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