Growth of Nb-catalysed GaN nanowires

GaN nanowires have been successfully synthesized on Si(1 1 1) substrate by ammoniating Ga₂O₃ films at 950 °C. The structure and morphology of GaN nanowires are characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, field-emission transmission electron microscope and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results show that the synthesized nanowires are single-crystal hexagonal wurtzite GaN with diameters ranging from 50 to 100 nm and lengths up to several microns. Finally, the growth mechanism of GaN nanowires is explored.     

Synthesis and Photoluminescence of GaN Nanowires with Nb Catalyst

Large-scale GaN nanowires are successfully synthesized by ammoniating Ga2O3 films on Nb layer deposited on Si（111） substrates at 850 ℃. X-ray diffraction （XRD）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, field-emssion transmission electron microscope（FETEM）, Fourier transformed infrared spectrum（FTIR） are used to characterize the structural and morphological properties of the as-synthesized GaN nanowires. The results reveal that the nanowires are pure hexagonal GaN wurtzite structure with a length of about several microns and a diameter between 50 nm and 100 nm. Finally, discussed briefly is the formation mechanism of gallium nitride nanowires.     

Synthesis of GaN nanowires by ammoniation of Ga2O3 films on Nb layer deposited on Si(1 1 1) substrates

Single-crystalline GaN nanowires have been successfully synthesized on Si(1 1 1) substrates by magnetron sputtering through ammoniation of Ga₂O₃/Nb films at 900 °C in a quartz tube. The as-synthesized GaN nanowires are confirmed to be single-crystalline GaN with wurtzite structure by X-ray diffraction (XRD), selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) and field-emission transmission electron microscopy (FETEM); scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows that the GaN nanowires are smooth, with diameters of about 50 nm and lengths typically up to several microns, which could provide an attractive potential for incorporation in future GaN electronic devices into Si-based large-scale integrated circuits. Finally, the growth mechanism of GaN nanowires is also briefly discussed.     

氨化Ga2O3/Mg薄膜制备簇状GaN纳米线

通过在1050°C时氨化Ga2O3/Mg薄膜制备出簇状GaN纳米线。用X射线衍射(XRD),傅里叶红外吸收光谱(FTIR)扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和高分辨电子显微镜(HRTEM)对样品进行测试分析。结果表明,GaN纳米线为六万纤锌矿结构单晶相并且成族生长,直径在200～500nm米左右,其长度可达5～10μm。几乎所有纳米线的直径均有逐渐缩小的趋势。对Mg膜的作用进行了初步的分析。     

氧化物缓冲层制备Si(111)基GaN纳米线

采用氧化物缓冲层,通过射频磁控溅射系统依次在n型Si(111)衬底上沉积Ga2O3/ZnO(Ga2O3/MgO)薄膜,然后将薄膜于950℃氨化合成GaN纳米结构,氨化时间为15min。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶红外吸收谱(FTIR)和高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)对样品的结构进行了分析,结果显示两种缓冲层下制备的样品均为六方纤锌矿单晶GaN纳米结构,且缓冲层的取向对纳米线的生长方向有很大影响;采用扫描电镜(SEM)对样品的形貌进行了测试,发现纳米线表面光滑,长度可达几十微米,表明采用氧化物缓冲层制备了高质量的GaN线。同时对GaN纳米线的生长机理进行了简单讨论。     

MOCVD法侧向外延生长高质量GaN

利用金属有机物气相外延法(MOCVD)，在GaN/蓝宝石复合衬底上，采用侧向外延生长技术制备出高质量的GaN外延膜，并对其进行扫描电镜、X射线双晶衍射、透射电镜测量和分析. 发现完全合并后的GaN外延层的表面平整，晶体质量较衬底有大幅的提高，透射电镜进行微区位错观察发现窗口区穿透位错大部分发生转向，侧向生长区下方的穿透位错被掩膜阻断.     

Solid-phase Crystallization of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon on Glass Substrates

Amorphous silicon films prepared by PECVD on glass substrate have been crystallized by conventional furnace annealing and rapid thermal annealing（RTA）, respectively. From the Raman spectra, X- ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope, it is found that the grain size is crystallized at 850 ℃ in both techniques. The thin film made by RTA is smooth and of perfect structure, the thin film annealed by FA has a highly structural disorder. An average grain size of about 30 nm is obtained by both techniques.     

Synthesis of wurtzite GaN thin film via spin coating method

In this research, hexagonal wurtzite structure gallium nitride (GaN) thin film was grown on silicon (Si) substrate by using spin coating deposition method. Simple ethanol-based precursor with the addition of diethanolamine solution was used. High resolution X-ray diffraction results revealed that wurtzite structure GaN thin film with (002) preferred orientation was deposited on Si substrate. Flied-emission scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy results showed that crack free GaN thin film with uniform and dense grains of GaN was formed. Finally, lattice vibrational characterization by p-polarized infrared reflectance technique revealed a strong reststrahlen feature of crystalline wurtzite GaN, and the transverse and longitudinal phonon modes of wurtzite GaN were clearly identified.     

Fabrication of GaN nanowires on porous GaN substrate by thermal evaporation

In this research, we used an inexpensive method to fabricate highly crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs) on porous GaN (PGaN) on a Si (1 1 1) wafer by thermal evaporation using commercial GaN powder using a combination of argon and nitrogen gas atmosphere without any catalyst. Microstructural studies using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscope measurements revealed the role of porosity in the nucleation and alignment of the GaN NWs. The GaN NWs have diameters of 30–45 nm and lengths of around 1 μm. Further structural and optical characterizations were performed using high resolution X-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Results indicate that the NWs are of a single-crystal hexagonal GaN and have the growth direction of [0 0 0 1].     

High Purity and Large-scale Preparation of β-Ga2O3 Nanowires and Nanosheets by CVD and Their Raman and Photoluminescence Characteristics

Ga2O3 nano-structures,nanowires and nanosheets are produced on Au pre-coated(111) silicon substrates with chemical vapor deposition(CVD) technique.By evaporating pure Ga powder in the H2O atmosphere under ambient pressure the large-scale preparation of β-Ga2O3 with monoclinic crystalline structure is achieved.The crystalline structures and morphologies of produced Ga2O3 nano-structures are characterized by means of scanning electron microscope(SEM),X-ray diffraction(XRD),selected area electron diffraction(SAED) and transmission electron microscope(TEM).Raman spectrum reveals the typical vibration modes of Ga2O3.The vibration mode shifts corresponding to Ga2O3 nano-structures are not found.Two distinguish photoluminescence(PL) emissions are found at about 399 nm and 469 nm owing to the VO-VGa excitation and VO-VGa-O excitation,respectively.The growth mechanisms of Ga2O3 nanowires and nanosheets are discussed with vapor-liquid-solid(VLS) and vapor-solid(VS) mechanisms.     

High Purity and Large-scale Preparation of β-Ga2O3 Nanowires and Nanosheets by CVD and Their Raman and Photoluminescence Characteristics

Ga2O3 nano-structures, nanowires and nanosheets are produced on Au pre coated（111） silicon substrates with chemical vapor deposition（CVD） technique. By evaporating pure Ga powder in the H2O atmosphere under ambient pressure the large-scale preparation of β-Ga2O3 with monoclinic crystalline structure is achieved. The crystalline structures and morphologies of produced Ga2O3 nano-structures are characterized by means of scanning electron microscope（SEM）, X-ray diffraction（XRD）, selected area electron diffraction （SAED） and transmission electron microscope（TEM）. Raman spectrum reveals the typical vibration modes of Ga2O3 The vibration mode shifts corresponding to Ga2O3 nano-structures are not found. Two distinguish photoluminescence（PL） emissions are found at about 399 nm and 469 nm owing to the VO-VGa excitation and VO-VGaO excitation, respectively. The growth mechanisms of Ga2O3 nanowires and nanosheets are discussed with vapor liquid-solid（VLS） and vapor-solid（VS） mechanisms.     

Si基氨化ZnO／Ga2O3薄膜制备GaN纳米线

利用射频磁控溅射法在Si(111)衬底上溅射ZnO中间层和Ga2O3薄膜，然后在管式炉中常压下通氨气对ZnO/Ga2O3薄膜进行氨化，高温下ZnO层在氨气气氛中挥发，而Ga2O3薄膜和氨气反应合成出GaN纳米线．X射线衍射测量结果表明利用该方法制备的GaN纳米线具有沿c轴方向择优生长的六角纤锌矿结构．利用扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、傅里叶红外透射谱、能量弥散谱及选区电子衍射观测并分析了样品的形貌、成分和晶格结构．研究发现ZnO层的挥发有利于Ga2O3和NH3反应合成GaN纳米线．     

Structural and optical characterization of GaN grown on porous silicon substrate by MOVPE

GaN was grown on porous silicon (PS) substrates by Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy at temperature of 1050 °C. An additional AlN buffer layer is used between GaN and PS. The crystalline quality and surface morphology of GaN films were studied by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope (SEM), respectively. Preferential growth of hexagonal GaN with 〈00.1〉 direction is observed and is clearly improved when the thickness of AlN buffer layer increases. Morphological changes in PS layer appearing after growth have been also discussed.GaN optical qualities were determined by photoluminescence at low and room temperature (RT).     

GaN在Si(001)上的ECR等离子体增强MOCVD直接生长研究

研究了用电子回旋共振(ECR)等离子体增强金属有机物化学气相沉积(PEMOCVD)技术在Si(001)衬底上,低温(620～720℃)下GaN薄膜的直接外延生长及晶相结构.高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)结果表明:在Si(001)衬底上外延出了高度c轴取向纤锌矿结构的GaN膜,但在GaN/Si(001)界面处自然形成了一层非晶层,其两个表面平坦而陡峭,厚度均匀(≈2nm).分析认为,在初始成核阶段N与Si之间反应所产生的这层SixNy非晶层使GaN的β相没有形成.XRD和原子力显微镜(AFM)结果表明,衬底表面的原位氢等离子体清洗,GaN初始成核及后续生长条件对GaN膜的晶体质量非常重要.     

GaN在Si(001)上的ECR等离子体增强MOCVD直接生长研究

研究了用电子回旋共振(ECR)等离子体增强金属有机物化学气相沉积(PEMOCVD)技术在Si(001)衬底上,低温(620～720℃)下GaN薄膜的直接外延生长及晶相结构.高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)结果表明:在Si(001)衬底上外延出了高度c轴取向纤锌矿结构的GaN膜,但在GaN/Si(001)界面处自然形成了一层非晶层,其两个表面平坦而陡峭,厚度均匀(≈2nm).分析认为,在初始成核阶段N与Si之间反应所产生的这层SixNy非晶层使GaN的β相没有形成.XRD和原子力显微镜(AFM)结果表明,衬底表面的原位氢等离子体清洗,GaN初始成核及后续生长条件对GaN膜的晶体质量非常重要.     

RF磁控溅射和氨化法制备GaN纳米棒和纳米颗粒

利用射频磁控溅射法分别溅射ZnO中间层和Ga2O3薄膜到Si(111)衬底上,然后ZnO/Ga2O3薄膜在管式石英炉中常压下通氨气进行氨化,高温下ZnO在氨气气氛中被还原生成Zn而升华,而在不同的氨化时间下Ga2O3和氨气反应合成出GaN纳米棒和纳米颗粒。X射线衍射(XRD)测量结果表明,利用该方法制备GaN纳米棒和颗粒具有沿c轴择优取向生长的六方纤锌矿结构。利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、傅里叶红外透射谱(FTIR)及选区电子衍射(SAED)观测和分析了样品的形貌、成分和晶格结构。研究分析了此种方法合成GaN纳米结构的反应机制。     

Effect of seed layers (Al,Ti) on optical and morphology of Fe-doped ZnO thin film nanowires grown on Si substrate via electron beam evaporation

The effects of Al and Ti seed layers were studied for undoped and Fe-doped ZnO thin films deposited on n-type Si substrates by electron beam (e-beam) evaporation. The films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The films grown on seed layers showed wurtzite hexagonal crystal nanorod and nanowire structures. A higher angle phase shift was observed in the doped thin films compared to the pristine ZnO films. Microstructural studies confirmed the growth of nanorods and nanowires with average widths of ~32 nm and ~8–29 nm, respectively. The nanostructures were denser and more crystalline on the Al seed layer than on the Ti seed layer for the doped thin films. However, in the undoped thin films, a more crystalline nature was observed on the Ti seeded layer than the Al seeded layer.     

氮化Si基ZnO/Ga_2O_3制备GaN薄膜

利用射频磁控溅射法在Si衬底上先溅射ZnO缓冲层,接着溅射Ga2O3薄膜,然后ZnO/Ga2O3膜在管式炉中常压下通氨气进行氮化,反应自组生成GaN薄膜。XRD测量结果表明,利用该方法制备的GaN薄膜是沿c轴方向择优生长的六角纤锌矿多晶结构的薄膜,利用SEM观测了其表面形貌,PL测量结果发现了位于351nm处的室温光致发光峰。     

退火温度对硅基GaN薄膜质量的影响

采用电泳沉积法在Si(111)衬底上制备GaN薄膜,并研究退火温度对GaN薄膜晶体质量、表面形貌和发光特性的影响。傅立叶红外吸收谱(FTIR)、X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电镜(SEM)的测试结果表明所得样品为六方纤锌矿结构的GaN多晶薄膜,随退火温度的升高,晶粒尺寸增大,结晶化程度提高。室温下光致发光谱的测试发现了位于367 nm处的强发光峰和437 nm处的弱发光峰,其发光强度随退火温度的升高而增强,但发光峰的位置并不发生移动。     

钯缓冲层制备GaN纳米线及光学特性分析

利用射频磁控技术,在Si衬底上以Pd为缓冲层、Ga2O3粉末作为生长GaN的Ga源,成功制备出大量GaN纳米线。通过扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜和高分辨透射电子显微镜观察分析得出GaN纳米线为单晶结构,纳米线的直径为10～60nm,长度达几十个微米。X射线衍射和X射线能量散射谱显示合成的纳米线为GaN单晶结构。傅里叶变换红外吸收光谱和光致发光光谱测试表明,制得的GaN纳米线与GaN体材料相比具有不同的光学特性。