Mesostructured HfxAlyO2 Thin Films as Reliable and Robust Gate Dielectrics with Tunable Dielectric Constants for High-Performance Graphene-Based Transistors
- Authors
- Lee, Yunseong; Jeon, Woojin; Cho, Yeonchoo; Lee, Min-Hyun; Jeong, Seong-Jun; Park, Jongsun; Park, Seongjun
- Issue Date
- 7월-2016
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- graphene; mesostructure; capacitance equivalent oxide thickness; phase transition engineering; atomic layer deposition
- Citation
- ACS Nano, v.10, no.7, pp.6659 - 6666
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- Journal Title
- ACS Nano
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 6659
- End Page
- 6666
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/88258
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsnano.6b01734
- ISSN
- 1936-0851
- Abstract
- We introduce a reliable and robust gate dielectric material with tunable dielectric constants based on a mesostructured HfxAlyO2 film. The ultrathin mesostructured HfxAlyO2 film is deposited on graphene via a physisorbed-precursor-assisted atomic layer deposition process and consists of an intermediate state with small crystallized parts in an amorphous matrix. Crystal phase engineering using Al dopant is employed to achieve HfO2 phase transitions, which produce the crystallized part of the mesostructured HfxAlyO2 film. The effects of various Al doping concentrations are examined, and an enhanced dielectric constant of similar to 25 is obtained. Further, the leakage current is suppressed (similar to 10(-8) A/cm(2)) and the dielectric breakdown properties are enhanced (breakdown field: similar to 7 MV/cm) by the partially remaining amorphous matrix. We believe that this contribution is theoretically and practically relevant because excellent gate dielectric performance is obtained. In addition, an array of top-gated metal-insulator-graphene field-effect transistors is fabricated on a 6 in. wafer, yielding a capacitance equivalent oxide thickness of less than 1 nm (0.78 nm). This low capacitance equivalent oxide thickness has important implications for the incorporation of graphene into high-performance silicon-based nanoelectronics.
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