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Title: Rate equation analysis of hydrogen uptake on Si (100) surfaces

Journal Article · · Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. A, Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2013320· OSTI ID:20723059
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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 804-8550 (Japan)

We have studied the uptake process of H on Si (100) surfaces by means of rate equation analysis. Flowers' quasiequilibrium model for adsorption and desorption of H [M. C. Flowers, N. B. H. Jonathan, A. Morris, and S. Wright, Surf. Sci. 396, 227 (1998)] is extended so that in addition to the H abstraction (ABS) and {beta}{sub 2}-channel thermal desorption (TD) the proposed rate equation further includes the adsorption-induced desorption (AID) and {beta}{sub 1}-TD. The validity of the model is tested by the experiments of ABS and AID rates in the reaction system H+D/Si (100). Consequently, we find it can well reproduce the experimental results, validating the proposed model. We find the AID rate curve as a function of surface temperature T{sub s} exhibits a clear anti-correlation with the bulk dangling bond density versus T{sub s} curve reported in the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for amorphous Si films. The significance of the H chemistry in plasma-enhanced CVD is discussed.

OSTI ID:
20723059
Journal Information:
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. A, Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, Vol. 23, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1116/1.2013320; (c) 2005 American Vacuum Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0734-2101
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English