Papers by Keyword: P_b Centers

Abstract: The effect of thermal treatments in nitric oxide (NO) on the paramagnetic defects at the 4H-SiC/SiO2 interface are analyzed by EPR in oxidized porous samples. The results on ultrathin thermal oxides show that the NO treatment at 1000°C is insufficient for an efficient reduction of the two dominant paramagnetic interface defects: PbC centers and carbon clusters. From the NRA and XPS analysis of bulk samples treated under the same conditions we attribute the weak effect to the low nitrogen concentration of only 1% at the interface.

Abstract: The defects at the 3C-SiC/SiO2 interface have been studied by X-band EPR spectroscopy in oxidized porous 3C-SiC. One interface defect is detected; its spin Hamiltonian parameters, spin S=1/2, C3V symmetry, g//=2.00238 and g⊥=2.00317, central hyperfine interaction (CHF) with one carbon atom and AB//[001]=48G and superhyperfine (SHF) interaction with three equivalent Si neighbour atoms and TB//[001]=12.4G, allow us to attribute the center to a sp3 coordinated carbon dangling bond center, PbC.