• 文献标题:   Mesostructured HfxAlyO2 Thin Films as Reliable and Robust Gate Dielectrics with Tunable Dielectric Constants for High-Performance Graphene-Based Transistors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEE Y, JEON W, CHO Y, LEE MH, JEONG SJ, PARK J, PARK S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, mesostructure, capacitance equivalent oxide thicknes, phase transition engineering, atomic layer deposition
  • 出版物名称:   ACS Nano
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Samsung Adv Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.6b01734
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

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.