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Growth and Characterization of BxGal-xN on 6H-SiC (0001) by MOVPE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

C. H. Wei ,
Z. Y. Xie ,
J. H. Edgar ,
K. C. Zeng ,
J. Y. Lin ,
H. X. Jiang ,
C. Ignatiev ,
J. Chaudhuri  and
D. N. Braski
C. H. Wei
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
Z. Y. Xie
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
J. H. Edgar
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
K. C. Zeng
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
J. Y. Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
H. X. Jiang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
C. Ignatiev
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260
J. Chaudhuri
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260
D. N. Braski
Affiliation:
High Temperature Material Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
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Abstract

Boron was incorporated into GaN in order to determine its limits of solubility, its ability of reducing the lattice constant mismatch with 6H-SiC, as well as its effects on the structural and optical properties of GaN epilayers. BxGal-xN films were deposited on 6H-SiC (0001) substrates at 950 °C by low pressure MOVPE using diborane, trimethylgallium, and ammonia as precursors. A single phase alloy with x=0.015 was successfully produced at a gas reactant B/Ga ratio of 0.005. Phase separation into pure GaN and BxGal-xN alloy with x=0.30 was deposited for a B/Ga reactant ratio of 0.01. This is the highest B fraction of the wurtzite structure alloy ever reported. For B/Ga ratio ≥ 0.02, no BxGal-xN was formed, and the solid solution contained two phases: wurtzite GaN and BN based on the results of Auger and x-ray diffraction. The band edge emission of BxGal-xN varied from 3.451 eV for x=0 with FWHM of 39.2 meV to 3.465 eV for x=0.015 with FWHM of 35.1 meV. The narrower FWHM indicated that the quality of GaN epilayer was improved with small amount of boron incorporation.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 537: Symposium G – GaN and Related Alloys , 1998 , G3.79
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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