Article NF3 and F2 gas fluorination of GaN surface and Pt/GaN interface analyzed by hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Asahiko Matsuda SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials ScienceROR) ; Takashi Teramoto ORCID ; Takahiro Nagata SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials ScienceROR) ; Dominic Gerlach ORCID ; Peng Shen ORCID ; Shigenori Ueda SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials ScienceROR) ; Takako Kimura ; Christian Dussarrat ; Toyohiro Chikyow SAMURAI ORCID

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Asahiko Matsuda, Takashi Teramoto, Takahiro Nagata, Dominic Gerlach, Peng Shen, Shigenori Ueda, Takako Kimura, Christian Dussarrat, Toyohiro Chikyow. NF3 and F2 gas fluorination of GaN surface and Pt/GaN interface analyzed by hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Applied Surface Science. 2024, 659 (), 159941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.159941
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The effects of NF3 or F2 gas annealing on epitaxially grown GaN and its interface with sputter-deposited Pt were investigated using hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.Annealing GaN and Pt/GaN samples in an NF3 atmosphere led to the emergence of prominent F 1s peaks and chemically shifted Ga 2p peaks, indicating the efficient formation of Ga–Fx species not only in the bare GaN surface but also in the Pt/GaN interface, even when the NF3 treatment was performed after the Pt was deposited.By contrast, F2 annealing also led to the fluorination of the GaN surface and nonfluorination of the Pt/GaN interface. Although the plasma sputtering process removed F from the surface, band shifts were observed when the treatment conditions were varied. The findings in this study suggest that NF3 treatment is an effective postprocessing method for fluorinating GaN-based systems before or after metaldeposition.

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Keyword: Fluorination, Surface passivation, hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Gallium nitride

Date published: 2024-03-19

Publisher: Elsevier BV

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  • Applied Surface Science (ISSN: 01694332) vol. 659 159941

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Manuscript type: Author's version (Accepted manuscript)

MDR DOI: https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.4450

First published URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.159941

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