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Isometsä, Joonas
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- 2024(poster) ALD SiO2 provides efficient Ge surface passivation with a tailorable charge polarity
- 2024(poster) ALD SiO2 provides efficient Ge surface passivation with a tailorable charge polarity
- 2023Surface passivation of Germanium with ALD Al2O3: Impact of Composition and Crystallinity of GeOx Interlayercitations
- 2023Comparison of SiNx-based Surface Passivation Between Germanium and Siliconcitations
- 2023Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposited SiO2 enables positive thin film charge and surface recombination velocity of 1.3 cm/s on germaniumcitations
- 2021Efficient photon capture on germanium surfaces using industrially feasible nanostructure formationcitations
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Surface passivation of Germanium with ALD Al2O3: Impact of Composition and Crystallinity of GeOx Interlayer
Abstract
Germanium is an excellent material candidate for various applications, such as field-effect transistors and radiation detectors / multi-junction solar cells, due to its high carrier mobilities and narrow bandgap, respectively. However, efficient passivation of germanium surfaces has 10 remained challenging. Recently the most promising results have been achieved with atomic layer deposited (ALD) Al2O3, but the obtainable surface recombination velocity (SRV) has been very sensitive to the surface state prior to deposition. Based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), we show here that the poor SRV obtained with the combination of HF and DIW surface cleaning and ALD Al2O3 results from a Ge suboxide interlayer (GeOx, x < 2) with compromised quality. Nevertheless, our results also demonstrate that both the composition and crystallinity of this oxide layer can be improved by a combination of low-temperature heating and a 300-Langmuir controlled oxidation in ultrahigh-vacuum (LT-UHV treatment). This results in the reduction of the interface defect density (Dit) allowing us to reach SRV values as low as 10 cm/s. Being compatible with most device processes due to the low thermal budget, the LT-UHV treatment could be easily integrated into many future devices and applications.