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Gas phase chemical vapor deposition chemistry of triethylboron probed by boron-carbon thin film deposition and quantum chemical calculations

Imam, Mewlude ; Gaul, Konstantin ; Stegmueller, Andreas ; Höglund, Carina LU ; Jensen, Jens ; Hultman, Lars ; Birch, Jens ; Tonner, Ralf and Pedersen, Henrik (2015) In Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3(41). p.10898-10906
Abstract
We present triethylboron (TEB) as a single-source precursor for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of BxC thin films and study its gas phase chemistry under CVD conditions by quantum chemical calculations. A comprehensive thermochemical catalogue for the species of the gas phase chemistry of TEB is examined and found to be dominated by beta-hydride eliminations of C2H4 to yield BH3. A complementary bimolecular reaction path based on H-2 assisted C2H6 elimination to BH3 is also significant at lower temperatures in the presence of hydrogen. Furthermore, we find a temperature window of 600-1000 degrees C for the deposition of X-ray amorphous BxC films with 2.5 <= x <= 4.5 from TEB. Films grown at temperatures below 600 degrees C contain... (More)
We present triethylboron (TEB) as a single-source precursor for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of BxC thin films and study its gas phase chemistry under CVD conditions by quantum chemical calculations. A comprehensive thermochemical catalogue for the species of the gas phase chemistry of TEB is examined and found to be dominated by beta-hydride eliminations of C2H4 to yield BH3. A complementary bimolecular reaction path based on H-2 assisted C2H6 elimination to BH3 is also significant at lower temperatures in the presence of hydrogen. Furthermore, we find a temperature window of 600-1000 degrees C for the deposition of X-ray amorphous BxC films with 2.5 <= x <= 4.5 from TEB. Films grown at temperatures below 600 degrees C contain high amounts of H, while temperatures above 1000 degrees C result in C-rich films. The film density and hardness are determined to be in the range of 2.40-2.65 g cm(-3) and 29-39 GPa, respectively, within the determined temperature window. (Less)
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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10.1039/c5tc02293b
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  author       = {{Imam, Mewlude and Gaul, Konstantin and Stegmueller, Andreas and Höglund, Carina and Jensen, Jens and Hultman, Lars and Birch, Jens and Tonner, Ralf and Pedersen, Henrik}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{41}},
  pages        = {{10898--10906}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Journal of Materials Chemistry C}},
  title        = {{Gas phase chemical vapor deposition chemistry of triethylboron probed by boron-carbon thin film deposition and quantum chemical calculations}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tc02293b}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/c5tc02293b}},
  volume       = {{3}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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