Single Crystal Growth and Stoichiometory Control of Ecologically Friendly Semiconductor β-FeSi_2
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14350394
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Metal making engineering
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
ISSHIKI Minoru Tohoku University, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Professor, 多元物質科学研究所, 教授 (20111247)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIMURA Kouji Tohoku University, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Research Associate, 多元物質科学研究所, 助手 (00091752)
WANG Jifeng Tohoku University, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Research Associate, 多元物質科学研究所, 助手 (30271977)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥17,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥14,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,400,000)
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| Keywords | β-FeSi_2 / chemical vapor transport / molecular beam epitaxy / hydrogen terminate / Si substrate / high quality single crystal / high purity iron / 半導体用超高純度鉄 / β-FeSi2単結晶 / 電気特性 / 成長機構 / 化学気相輸送法 / フォトルミネッセンス / β-FeSi_2単結晶 |
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| Research Abstract |
Ecologically friendly semiconductor β-FeSi_2 has been intensively investigated in recent years as a promising material for future optoelectronic devices, because β-FeSi_2 has theoretical direct band gap 0.85 eV that fits the minimum absorption window of the quartz fiber. In addition, fabrication of β-FeSi_2 based light emitters or detectors on Si substrate leads to optical integrated circuits. Although characterizing the high quality single crystal reveals its intrinsic properties as well as the effects of impurities and native defects caused by the deviation from stoichiometry, a high quality single crystal has not been grown. In the present study, bulk single crystals and thin epitaxial films were grown by chemical vapor transport (CVT) and molecular beam epitaxy, respectively.
Transport mechanism and optimum growth condition were clarified for CVT growth. CVT grown single crystal showed a clear photoluminescence and a high electron mobility at a low temperature. In addition, a high quality β-FeSi_2 epitaxial film with the thickness of 180 nm has been successfully grown for the first time on hydrogen terminated Si(111) at 580℃ by using solid source molecular beam epitaxy. The β-FeSi_2 film grown with stoichiometric Fe/Si source flux ratio 1:2 has a superior morphology and crystallinity comparing to the published results of the films grown by other methods.
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