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Improvement of permittivity of h-BN using super high-k layered dielectric for gate insulator

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K14656
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Electronic materials/Electric materials
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

Hattori Yoshiaki  神戸大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (90736654)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywordsh-BN / F-N tunneling / Fermi level pinning / barrier height / トンネル電流 / バンドアライメント / バリアハイト / ナノ材料 / 電子・電気材料
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is widely utilized as the substrate to achieve high carrier mobility in a graphene field effect transistor. However, the characteristic of low permittivity in h-BN requires high operating voltages in transistors. The problem can be solved by composite film with high-k and low-k dielectrics. However, the tunneling current goes through the gate insulator in the thin h-BN film as leakage current. However, little systematic study on the tunneling current and band alignment has been conducted for h-BN. We found that the polarity of tunneling current is hole, unlike general oxide material, because the Fermi levels of metals are pinned in the small energy range around 3.5 eV from the top of the conduction band of h-BN with Fermi level pinning.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

h-BNは実用化されているシリコン熱酸化膜(SiO2)に匹敵する絶縁破壊強さや信頼性を有する点から、電子材料としての物性はSiO2に類似点が多いと考えられるが、実際には、SiO2とはバンドアライメントが異なっていて、F-Nトンネル電流に関しては一般的な酸化物絶縁体とは異なり、ホール電流であることを明らかにした。つまり、絶縁破壊において、SiO2は電子電流により破壊され、h-BNはホール電流により破壊される。一方で、通常の酸化物ではフェルミ準位ピンニング起こりにくく、トンネル絶縁膜としても利用されているが、本研究では実験的にh-BNにおいて、ピンニングが確認された。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] hBNの絶縁性破壊強さの 異方性とその起源2019

    • Author(s)
      服部 吉晃,長汐 晃輔
    • Journal Title

      NEW DIAMOND

      Volume: 133 Pages: 19-24

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Impact ionization and transport properties of hexagonal boron nitride in a constant-voltage measurement2018

    • Author(s)
      Hattori Yoshiaki、Taniguchi Takashi、Watanabe Kenji、Nagashio Kosuke
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 97 Issue: 4

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.97.045425

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Determination of Carrier Polarity in Fowler-Nordheim Tunneling and Evidence of Fermi Level Pinning at the Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Metal Interface2018

    • Author(s)
      Hattori Yoshiaki、Taniguchi Takashi、Watanabe Kenji、Nagashio Kosuke
    • Journal Title

      ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

      Volume: 10 Issue: 14 Pages: 11732-11738

    • DOI

      10.1021/acsami.7b18454

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Layered materials for electronics2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hattori
    • Organizer
      3rd Bilateral Workshop on Research Exchange between National Taiwan University and Kobe University
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Dielectric breakdown of h-BN and growth mechanism of DPh-DNTT2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hattori
    • Organizer
      2nd Bilateral Kobe-Kiel Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 金属電極とのバリアハイトを考慮した極薄h-BNの絶縁性評価2017

    • Author(s)
      服部吉晃,谷口尚,渡邉健司,長汐晃輔
    • Organizer
      第78回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Random Telegraph Noise in h-BN under Constant-Voltage Stress Test2017

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hattori, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, and K. Nagashio
    • Organizer
      2017 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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