Project/Area Number |
15K13951
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Electronic materials/Electric materials
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Research Institution | Osaka University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SHIMURA Takayoshi 大阪大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (90252600)
HOSOI Takuji 大阪大学, 大学院工学研究科, 助教 (90452466)
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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Keywords | 電子・電気材料 / パワーエレクトロニクス |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
SiC has gained considerable attention as a promising material for next-generation power electronics due to its superior breakdown field and thermal conductivity. However, SiC-MOS devices have suffered from deteriorated interface properties leading to low channel mobility and poor reliability. In this study, we propose a novel method based on beam induced interface reactions and subsequent defect passivation to overcome these problems. For this purpose, we evaluated interaction between high-energy electron beam and defects at thermally-grown SiO2/SiC interfaces by means of cathodoluminescence technique. We revealed that there exist radiative defect centers with an extremely high luminescent efficiency that were localized near the oxide interface of a few nm thick and discussed possible physical origins of the radiative defects in thermally-grown SiO2/SiC structures. Moreover, we conducted dry oxidation of SiC surfaces with UV-light illumination in order to validate our proposed method.
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