The Evolution of the Conductivity and Cathodoluminescence of the Films of Hafnium Oxide in the Case of a Change in the Concentration of Oxygen Vacancies

Journal Article · Mon Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physics of the Solid State

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783418100098· OSTI ID:22770982

Islamov, D. R.; Gritsenko, V. A.; Kruchinin, V. N. ^[1]; Zamoryanskaya, M. V. ^[2]; Lebedev, M. S. ^[3]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch (Russian Federation)
2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Ioffe Institute (Russian Federation)
3. Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch (Russian Federation)

The dependence of the conductivity of the films of hafnium oxide HfO{sub 2} synthesized in different modes is studied. Depending on the modes of synthesis, the conductivity of HfO{sub 2} at a fixed electric field of 1.0 MV/cm changes by four orders of magnitude. It is found that the conductivity of HfO{sub 2} is limited by the model of phonon-assisted tunneling between the traps. The thermal and optical energies of the traps W{sub t} = 1.25 eV and W{sub opt} = 2.5 eV, respectively, in HfO{sub 2} are determined. It is found that the exponentially strong scattering of the conductivity of HfO{sub 2} is due to the change in the trap density in a range of 4 × 10{sup 19}–2.5 × 10{sup 22} cm{sup –3}. In the cathodoluminescence spectra of HfO{sub 2}, a blue band with the energy of 2.7 eV is observed which is due to the oxygen vacancies. A correlation between the trap density and intensity of cathodoluminescence, as well as between the trap density and refractive index, is found. A nondestructive in situ method for the determination of the trap density of hafnium oxide with the use of the measurement of the refractive index is proposed. The optimum values of the concentrations of oxygen vacancies for emitting devices on the basis of the films of HfO{sub 2} are found.

• OSTI ID: 22770982
• Journal Information: Physics of the Solid State, Journal Name: Physics of the Solid State Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 60; ISSN 1063-7834
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CATHODOLUMINESCENCE
CONCENTRATION RATIO
CORRELATIONS
DENSITY
ELECTRIC FIELDS
FILMS
HAFNIUM OXIDES
OXYGEN
PHONONS
REFRACTIVE INDEX
SCATTERING
SPECTRA
SYNTHESIS
TRAPS
TUNNEL EFFECT
VACANCIES