Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides
Abstract
Recent efforts have demonstrated enhanced tailoring of material functionality with mixed-anion materials, yet exploratory research with mixed-anion chemistries is limited by the sensitivity of these materials to synthesis conditions. In order to synthesize a particular metal oxynitride compound by traditional reactive annealing we require specific, limited ranges of both oxygen and nitrogen chemical potentials in order to establish equilibrium between the solid-state material and a reactive atmosphere. While using Ta-O-N as an example system, we describe a combination of reactive sputter deposition and rapid thermal processing for synthesis of mixed-anion inorganic materials. Heuristic optimization of reactive gas pressures to attain a desired anion stoichiometry is discussed, and the ability of rapid thermal processing to enable amorphous to crystalline transitions without preferential anion loss is demonstrated through the controlled synthesis of nitride, oxide and oxynitride phases.
- Authors:
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- California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1334193
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0004993
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0884-2914
- Publisher:
- Materials Research Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; oxynitrides; sputtering; rapid thermal processing; mixed anion synthesis
Citation Formats
Zhou, Lan, Suram, Santosh K., Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie, Mitrovic, Slobodan, Kan, Kevin, Jones, Ryan J. R., and Gregoire, John M. Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1557/jmr.2015.140.
Zhou, Lan, Suram, Santosh K., Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie, Mitrovic, Slobodan, Kan, Kevin, Jones, Ryan J. R., & Gregoire, John M. Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides. United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.140
Zhou, Lan, Suram, Santosh K., Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie, Mitrovic, Slobodan, Kan, Kevin, Jones, Ryan J. R., and Gregoire, John M. Wed .
"Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides". United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.140. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1334193.
@article{osti_1334193,
title = {Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides},
author = {Zhou, Lan and Suram, Santosh K. and Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie and Mitrovic, Slobodan and Kan, Kevin and Jones, Ryan J. R. and Gregoire, John M.},
abstractNote = {Recent efforts have demonstrated enhanced tailoring of material functionality with mixed-anion materials, yet exploratory research with mixed-anion chemistries is limited by the sensitivity of these materials to synthesis conditions. In order to synthesize a particular metal oxynitride compound by traditional reactive annealing we require specific, limited ranges of both oxygen and nitrogen chemical potentials in order to establish equilibrium between the solid-state material and a reactive atmosphere. While using Ta-O-N as an example system, we describe a combination of reactive sputter deposition and rapid thermal processing for synthesis of mixed-anion inorganic materials. Heuristic optimization of reactive gas pressures to attain a desired anion stoichiometry is discussed, and the ability of rapid thermal processing to enable amorphous to crystalline transitions without preferential anion loss is demonstrated through the controlled synthesis of nitride, oxide and oxynitride phases.},
doi = {10.1557/jmr.2015.140},
journal = {Journal of Materials Research},
number = 19,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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