Growth Characteristics of Alpha-Silicon Carbide

Abstract
Single‐crystal layers of α‐(hexagonal) silicon carbide were successfully deposited on the [0001] and surfaces of substrates from silane and propane in a hydrogen atmosphere and in the 1500°–1650°C temperature range. Above 1650°C the amount of deposited was found to be significantly decreased because of increased hydrogen etch rates and diffusion‐limited reactant transfer to the substrate. The growth characteristics are best described by a model in which the surface of the sample is in equilibrium with the reactants diffusing through a boundary layer. Undoped n‐type deposits (grown on p‐type substrates) exhibited a resistivity of 0.40 ohm‐cm and a Hall mobility of approximately 200 cm2/V‐sec at 77°C.

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