Xia, X;
Taylor, A;
Zhao, Y;
Guldin, S;
Blackman, C;
(2019)
Use of a New Non-Pyrophoric Liquid Aluminum Precursor for Atomic Layer Deposition.
Materials
, 12
(9)
, Article 1429. 10.3390/ma12091429.
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Abstract
An Al2O3 thin film has been grown by vapor deposition using different Al precursors. The most commonly used precursor is trimethylaluminum, which is highly reactive and pyrophoric. In the purpose of searching for a more ideal Al source, the non-pyrophoric aluminum tri-sec-butoxide ([Al(OsBu)3], ATSB) was introduced as a novel precursor for atomic layer deposition (ALD). After demonstrating the deposition of Al2O3 via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and 'pulsed CVD' routes, the use of ATSB in an atomic layer deposition (ALD)-like process was investigated and optimized to achieve self-limiting growth. The films were characterized using spectral reflectance, ellipsometry and UV-Vis before their composition was studied. The growth rate of Al2O3 via the ALD-like process was consistently 0.12 nm/cycle on glass, silicon and quartz substrates under the optimized conditions. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy images of the ALD-deposited Al2O3 films deposited on complex nanostructures demonstrated the conformity, uniformity and good thickness control of these films, suggesting a potential of being used as the protection layer in photoelectrochemical water splitting.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Use of a New Non-Pyrophoric Liquid Aluminum Precursor for Atomic Layer Deposition |
| Location: | Switzerland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ma12091429 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12091429 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0). |
| Keywords: | aluminum oxide, aluminum tri-sec-butoxide, atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, thin film |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10073556 |
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