Atomic layer deposition of TiO{sub 2} from tetrakis-dimethyl-amido titanium or Ti isopropoxide precursors and H{sub 2}O
- State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Department of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China)
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of TiO{sub 2} thin films using Ti isopropoxide and tetrakis-dimethyl-amido titanium (TDMAT) as two kinds of Ti precursors and water as another reactant was investigated. TiO{sub 2} films with high purity can be grown in a self-limited ALD growth mode by using either Ti isopropoxide or TDMAT as Ti precursors. Different growth behaviors as a function of deposition temperature were observed. A typical growth rate curve-increased growth rate per cycle (GPC) with increasing temperatures was observed for the TiO{sub 2} film deposited by Ti isopropoxide and H{sub 2}O, while surprisingly high GPC was observed at low temperatures for the TiO{sub 2} film deposited by TDMAT and H{sub 2}O. An energetic model was proposed to explain the different growth behaviors with different precursors. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation was made. The GPC in the low temperature region is determined by the reaction energy barrier. From the experimental results and DFT calculation, we found that the intermediate product stability after the ligand exchange is determined by the desorption behavior, which has a huge effect on the width of the ALD process window.
- OSTI ID:
- 21064403
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 102, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2798384; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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