Chemical interaction and ligand exchange between a [(CH3)3Si]3Sb precursor and atomic layer deposited Sb2Te3 films

  • Taeyong Eom
  • , Taehong Gwon
  • , Sijung Yoo
  • , Byung Joon Choi
  • , Moo Sung Kim
  • , Sergei Ivanov
  • , Andrew Adamczyk
  • , Iain Buchanan
  • , Manchao Xiao
  • , Cheol Seong Hwang

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Abstract

The chemical interaction between the [(CH3)3Si]3Sb precursor and atomic layer deposited Sb2Te3 thin films was examined at temperatures ranging from 70 to 220 °C. The trimethylsilyl group [(CH3)3Si] displays greater affinity for Te than for Sb, and this drives replacement of Te in the film with Sb from the [(CH3)3Si]3Sb precursor, while eliminating volatile [(CH3)3Si]2Te, especially at elevated temperatures. The compositions of the resulting Sb-Te layers lie on the Sb2Te3-Sb tie line. The incorporation behavior of [(CH3)3Si]3Sb was explained in terms of a Lewis acid-base reaction. The exchange reactions occurred to relieve the unfavorable hard-soft Lewis acid-base pair between the trimethylsilyl group and Sb in [(CH3)3Si]3Sb. Such a reaction could be usefully adopted to control the chemical composition of ternary Ge-Sb-Te thin films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1365-1370
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume3
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Feb 2015

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