Epitaxially grown β-SiC on Si in the CH4H2 system by hot filament chemical vapour deposition

  • Z. Sun*
  • , Y. Sun
  • , X. Wang
  • , Z. Zheng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

β-SiC thin films were deposited on silicon substrates by hot filament chemical vapour deposition from methane diluted with hydrogen. Under deposition conditions with a CH4: H2 ratio of 0.5%, filament temperature of 2200-2400 °C, gas pressure of 10 kPa and distance between filament and substrate of 2-8 mm, if the substrate temperature is between 700 and 1000 °C, diamond films were deposited, while if the temperature is between 1000 and 1200 °C, only silicon carbide (β-SiC) films were heteroepitaxially deposited. The morphology and structure of the films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, and a model of SiC growth is proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L13-L16
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: B
Volume34
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1995

Keywords

  • Chemical vapour deposition
  • Epitaxy of thin films
  • Silicon
  • Silicon carbide

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