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Shima K, Otaka Y, Sato N, Funato Y, Fukushima Y, Momose T, Shimogaki Y. Kinetic study on heterogeneous nucleation and incubation period during chemical vapor deposition. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:124704. [PMID: 37003749 DOI: 10.1063/5.0133157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
Abstract
The kinetics of heterogeneous nucleation during chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is still unclear despite its importance. Nucleation delay is often observed in many CVD processes, which is known as the incubation period (τi). In this study, the effects of concentration (C) and sticking probability (η) of film-forming species on τi were formulated based on our kinetic model. To discuss the kinetics, τi -1 with the rate dimension was used and formulated using C and η. Because η onto heterogeneous surfaces (ηhetero) is difficult to evaluate, the study was initiated with η onto homogeneous surfaces (ηhomo), followed by a discussion on its reasonability. The formulation was validated using the experimental dataset for SiC-CVD from CH3SiCl3/H2 onto BN underlayers because CVD involves multiple film-forming species with different ηhomo ranging from 10-6 to 10-2 and thus is a suitable system for studying the effect of ηhomo. High-aspect-ratio (1000:1) parallel-plate microchannels consisting of τi-involving BN and a τi-free Si surface were utilized to separate these film-forming species along the microchannel depth. τi was exceptionally long, up to several hours, depending on the CVD conditions. τi -1 was found to be proportional to Cn, where n is the reaction order. n was quantified as ≈1.6, suggesting the initial nucleation was triggered by the impingement of two adspecies in the second order and lowered possibly by the discrepancy between C in the gas-phase and that actually producing adspecies on the surface. τi -1 was also found to be proportional to ηhomo. The exceptionally long τi was likely originated from the significantly lower ηhetero than ηhomo and the higher activation energy for ηhetero than that for ηhomo.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kohei Shima
- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
| | - Noboru Sato
- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
| | - Yuichi Funato
- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
| | - Yasuyuki Fukushima
- Applied Physics and Chemistry Group, Technology Platform Center, Technology and Intelligence Integration, IHI Corporation, 1, Shin-Nakahara, Isogo, Yokohama, Kanagawa 235-8501, Japan
| | - Takeshi Momose
- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
| | - Yukihiro Shimogaki
- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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