Abstract
Bismuth oxide thin films have been produced from the precursor of triphenyl bismuth and ozone by using the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. The growth rate of 0.23 Å/cycle is independent to deposition temperature at the range of 250 °C to 320 °C, and the self-limiting saturated adsorption of ALD for bismuth-source and oxygen-source precursors was verified. The films obtained in the ALD window (between 250 °C and 320 °C) have an indirect band gap of ~ 2.77 eV that is compatible with Bi2O3 − δ. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals a mixed growth mode, horizontal growth initially, and subsequent vertical/island growth during the deposition process.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 65-70 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Thin Solid Films |
| Volume | 622 |
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| State | Published - 31 Jan 2017 |
Keywords
- Atomic layer deposition
- Bismuth oxide
- Mixed growth mode
- Nanofabrication
- Triphenyl bismuth