Electron energy barriers between (100)Si and ultrathin stacks of SiO2, Al2O3, and ZrO2 insulators
- 14 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 78 (20) , 3073-3075
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1366366
Abstract
Electron energy barriers between the valence band of (100)Si and the conduction bands of ultrathin SiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2 insulators and their stacks were determined using internal photoemission of electrons. For SiO2, the barrier of 4.25±0.05 eV was found unchanged down to the oxide thickness of ≈1 nm. The barriers for Al2O3 and ZrO2 are substantially lower: 3.25±0.08 and 3.1±0.1 eV, respectively. Thermal oxidation at 650–800 °C enhances the barriers at the Si/Al2O3 and Si/ZrO2 interfaces but does not reduce the high density of band tail states in the insulators, suggesting the formation of silicates.Keywords
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