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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3298
Alkaline earth metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3298
2.1.
-Diketonates of alkaline earth metals as precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3299
2.2.
Cyclopentadienyl compounds of alkaline earth metals as precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3300
Group 4 elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305
3.1.
Group 4 metal halides as precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305
3.2.
Group 4 alkoxides as precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306
3.3.
Group 4 alkylamides as precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307
3.4.
Group 4 Cyclopentadienyl compounds for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307
3.4.1.
Bis-cyclopentadienyl compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307
3.4.2.
Mono-cyclopentadienyl compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307
3.5.
Other group 4 precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308
Group 15 and 16 elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309
4.1.
Alkylsilyl compounds of group 15 and 16 elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309
Bismuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3311
5.1.
Bismuth chloride as precursor for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312
5.2.
Organometallic compounds of bismuth as precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312
5.3.
Tris(Bis(Trimethylsilyl)amido)Bismuth(III) as a precursor for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312
5.4.
Bismuth compounds with oxygen based ligands as precursors for ALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313
5.4.1.
-Diketonates of bismuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313
5.4.2.
Bismuth alkoxides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313
5.4.3.
Bismuth carboxylates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3315
Pt group metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3315
Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3315
Summary and conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3319
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3319
Abbreviations: acac, acetylacetonate; ALD, atomic layer deposition; CET, capacitance equivalent thickness; CHT, cycloheptatrienyl; CHD, cyclohexadiene; CMOS, complementary metal oxide semiconductor; CN, coordination number; Cp, cyclopentadienide; COD, cyclooctadiene; CVD, chemical vapour deposition; dien, diethylenetriamine;
diglyme, bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether; DMAE, dimethylaminoethoxide; DRAM, Dynamic random access memory; EDS, energy dispersive spectrometry; EOT, Equivalent oxide
thickness; FESEM, eld emission scanning electron microscope; fod, 1,1,1,2,2,3,3-heptauro-7,7-dimethyl-4,6-octanedione; FRAM, ferroelectric random access memory;
GST, Germanium antimony telluride; hfac, hexauoroacetylacetonate; HRTEM, high resolution transmission electron microscopy; me, methoxyethoxy; mmp, 1-methoxy2-methyl-2-propanolate; MOCVD, metal organic chemical vapour deposition; MS, mass spectroscopy; MTHD, methoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-heptanedione, me;
METHD, methoxyethoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-heptanedione; MOSFET, metal oxide semiconductor eld effect transistor; NVRAM, non-volatile random access
memory; PCRAM, Phase change random access memory; PEALD, plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition; Piv, pivalate; REALD, radical enhanced atomic layer deposition; SBT, strontium bismuth tantalate; SDTA, single differential thermal analysis; SEM, scanning electron microscope; SIMS, Secondary ion mass spectrometry; SOFC,
solid oxide fuel cell; TG, thermo gravimetry; TGA, thermo gravimetric analysis; THF, tetrahydrofurane; tmhd, tetramethylheptanedione; Tp, tris(pyrazolyl)borate; TpEt2 ,
tris(3,5-diethylpyrazolyl)borate; trien, triethylenetetraamine; triglyme, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether.
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Article history:
Received 4 March 2013
Received in revised form 3 July 2013
Accepted 3 July 2013
Available online 18 July 2013
Keywords:
Atomic layer deposition
ALD precursors
High-K materials
Phase change memory
Alkaline earth metals
Group 4 metals
Bismuth
Iridium
Silver
a b s t r a c t
The review focuses on ALD precursors of selected elements such as alkaline earth (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba), group
4 metals, bismuth, silver, iridium, selenium, tellurium and antimony. These elements are needed in different high tech applications but are challenging for ALD. Their precursor design needs careful balancing
between volatility, thermal stability and reactivitythe key properties of ALD precursors. The extensive
studies showed that cyclopentadienyl based precursors of alkaline earth metals are versatile ALD precursors which react with both water and ozone forming oxide. Group 4 ALD chemistry has been studied
very widely and many good precursors have been found for the oxide ALD. From a bunch of different
compound types studied the most promising ALD precursor for bismuth is Bi(OCMe2 i Pr)3 which shows
stable ALD process with water at 150250 C. The success in depositing noble metal lms by ALD can
be attributed more to the reactant rather than the metal precursor. Ru, Pt, Ir, Rh and Os lms can be
deposited from various organometallic and metal organic precursors using O2 as the other precursor.
Typically temperatures above 225 C are needed. Using O3 as a reactant lms can be deposited at lower
temperatures. Noble metal oxides are obtained below approx. 200 C and metallic lms above that. By
supplying both O3 and H2 as consecutive pulses, noble metal lms can be deposited well below 200 C.
For silver phosphine stabilized carboxylato and -diketonato complexes are thermally stable enough
enabling hydrogen plasma enhanced ALD of silver metal lms. Alkylsilyl compounds of selenium and
tellurium are versatile ALD precursors for metal selenide and telluride lms when combined with metal
chloride precursors. The use of alkylsilyl compounds is not limited to group 16 elements but can also
been used for group 15.
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1. Introduction
The success of ALD is built on chemistry. The great benets of
ALD (conformality, uniformity, atomic level thickness control, etc.)
can be enjoyed only when proper precursors have been identied
for the material of an interest. The precursors need to meet a number of requirements (Table 1) among which the combination of
high reactivity and good thermal stability often sets major challenges. Volatility is important too, and though moderately volatile
solids are used even industrially, liquids and gases are preferred for
convenience.
The ALD chemistry has been approached from two directions:
scientic curiosity and from needs of industry. Over the years the
emphasis has been shifted toward the latter as the ALD has become
better known and more widely used thin lm deposition technique.
For example, when we in 1993 studied HfCl4 as a precursor for
ALD of HfO2 [1] this was done for comparison to the earlier studied TiCl4 [2], and neither we nor anyone else had a clue that ALD
HfO2 would become a high-k gate oxide in the leading MOSFETs
15 years later. By contrast, our recent breakthrough in ALD of tellurides and selenides with their alkylsilyl compounds as precursors
[3], was motivated by a request addressed to us from semiconductor companies via an ALD tool manufacturer that we collaborate
with. On the other hand, also in 1990s we did application motivated
precursor research but that focused on electroluminescent display materials rather than the current mainstream semiconductors.
Soon after the results and knowledge gained in that research were
successfully beneted in developing an ALD process for SrTiO3 [4]
that had gained increasing interest in IC applications because of its
very high-k value.
ALD metal precursors have traditionally been grouped based
on their ligands (Fig. 1): halides, -diketonates, alkoxides, alkyl
amides, alkyls, cyclopentadienyls, amidinates, guanidinates, etc.
and even elements [5]. Inside these groups the precursor properties
have been tuned to meet the ALD requirements by tailoring the ligands, particularly by changing the size of the ligands and by adding
donor functionalities to the hydrocarbon groups of the ligands.
Another option has been to add adduct ligand to the coordination
sphere of the metals. A newer trend has involved heteroleptic metal
complexes where two or more different ligands are used together
for further tuning of the precursor properties.
In this paper we review some of our own contributions to the
ALD precursor chemistry over the past 20 years. The aim of the
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Fig. 1. General classes of metal precursors. Backbones of the ligands are shown and in addition the ligands may contain donorfuntionalities in the variable Rx parts.
four metal centers have been reported for Ba(thd)2 [118] and
if additional aqua, OH or O ligands are coordinated the size of
oligomers increases further [119]. By using neutral adduct ligands
such as polyethers and polyamines it is possible to decrease the
Table 1
Requirements for ALD precursors.
Requirement
Comment
Volatility
Thermal stability
Reactivity
No etching of the lm or
substrate material
Unreactive and volatile
byproducts
No dissolution into the lm or
substrate
Purity
Inexpensive
Easy to handle
Non-toxic and
environmentally friendly
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(1.6 A/cycle)
compared to the Ca(thd)2 + HF process was achieved.
In contrast to H2 S and HF, water does not react effectively
with the -diketonates of larger alkaline earth metals at temperatures below decomposition [44]. This insufcient reactivity
of -diketonates is the main limitation for their usage in ALD of
oxide lms. However, growth of an oxide by the Cathd2 + H2 O process has been reported [32] and in two studies SrO also grew,
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Table 2
Group II precursors used in ALD.
Metal precursor
Other precursor
Material deposited
Reference
Mg
Te
MgTe
[16,17]
Mg(thd)2
TiF4 TaF5
H2 O2
O3
MgF2
MgF2
MgO
MgO
[18,19]
[20]
[21]
[22]
Mg(C5 H5 )2
H2 O
AlMe3 , O3
MgO
MgAl2 O4
[2330]
[30]
Mg(EtC5 H4 )2
Ca(thd)2
H2 O
H2 O
O3
O3 , (MeO)3 PO, H2 O
HF
TiF4 , TaF5
H2 S
MgO
CaO
CaO
Ca10 (PO4 )6 (OH)2
CaF2
[31]
[32]
[33,34]
[34]
[35]
[18,36]
[10,3741]
Ca(i Pr3 C5 H2 )2
H2 O
HfCl4 , H2 O
CaO
CaO-HfO2
[42]
Ca(Tp)2
H2 O
CaB2 O4
[43]
Sr(thd)2
HF
H2 S
O3
O3 , Ti(Oi Pr)4 , H2 O
H2 O, Ti(Oi Pr)4
Ti(Oi Pr)4 , O2 plasma
H2 O
H2 O, Ti(Oi Pr)2 (thd)2
La(thd)3 , Fe(thd)3 , O3
Ti(Oi Pr)4 , H2 O plasma
H2 S, Se
SrF2
SrS
SrO(SrCO3 )
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrO
SrTiO3
La1x Srx FeO3
SrTiO3
SrS1x Sex
[35]
[10,38,4447]
[48]
[48,49]
[50,51]
[52]
[5254]
[55,58]
[59]
[60,61]
[62]
Sr(METHD)2
Sr(MTHD)2
Sr(Me5 C5 )2
O2 plasma
O3
H2 S
SrO, SrTiO3
SrO
SrS
[63]
[64]
[65]
Sr(n PrMe4 C5 )2
H2 O
La(Me4 C5 H)3 , Mn(Me4 C5 H)2 , H2 O
SrO
La2 O3 SrOMnO
[66]
[67]
Sr(i Pr3 C5 H2 )2
H2 O
O2
O2 , RuO4
O3
O2 plasma
Ti(Oi Pr)4 , H2 O
H2 O, Ti(Oi Pr)2 (thd)2 , O3
Ti(NEtMe)4 , O3
(Me5 C5 )Ti(OMe)3 , O3
(MeC5 H4 )2 Hf(OMe)Me, O2 plasma
H2 S
SrO
SrO
SrRuO3
SrO
SrO
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrHfO3
SrS
[6872]
[73]
[73]
[71,74]
[72]
[4,70,7577]
[78]
[79,80]
[74,81]
[72]
[65,82]
SrTiO3
SrO
SrO
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
[83,85]
[71]
[71]
[71]
[71]
Sr(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2
H2 O
Ti(OMe)4 , H2 O
Ti(OMe)4 , O3
Ti(Oi Pr)4 , O2 plasma
(Me5 C5 )Ti(OMe)3 , O3
(MeC5 H4 )2 Hf(OMe)Me, H2 O
SrO
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrTiO3
SrO-HfO2
[86,87]
[86,99]
[100,101]
[102]
[87]
[72]
Sr(Tp)2
Sr(t But Am2 imidazolato)2
H2 O
O3
SrB2 O4
SrO
[103]
[104]
Sr[Ta(OEt)5 (me)]2
O2 plasma
H2 O
SrTa2 O6
[105]
[106,107]
CaS
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Table 2 (Continued )
Metal precursor
Other precursor
Material deposited
Reference
Sr[Ta(OEt)5 (dmae)]2
H2 O
O2 plasma
Bi(N(SiMe3 )2 )3 , H2 O
SrTa2 O6
SrBiTaO
[106,107]
[108]
[109]
Ba(thd)2
H2 S
BaS
[10,110]
Ba(Me5 C5 )2
Ti(Oi Pr)4 , H2 O
H2 S
BaTiO3
BaS
[4,75]
[65,82]
Ba(n PrMe4 C5 )2
Zr(NMe2 )4 , Y(MeC5 H4 )3 , H2 O
BaOZrO2 Y2 O3
[111]
Ba(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2
H2 O
Ti(Oi Pr)4 , H2 O
Ti(OMe)4 , H2 O
BaO
BaTiO3
BaTiO3
[75,112]
[113]
[112,114]
Ba(TpE t 2 )2
Ba(t But Am2 imidazolato)2
H2 O
O3
BaB2 O4
BaO
[115]
[104]
Fig. 2. Molecular structures of Ba(Me5 C5 )2 (diglyme), Ba(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 and Ba(Me4 C5 C2 H4 NMe)2 representing the three different ways to pursue volatility and (thermal)
stability [113,130].
i Pr C H
3 5 2
ligand have freedom to bend and rotate so that the melting temperature is lowered. Adducts with multidentate Lewis bases
and compounds with donor functionalized Cp ligands had remarkably high melting temperatures well above 200 C.
In order to study the differences in stability and volatility
between the compounds thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) were
carried out under nitrogen atmosphere (Figs. 35) as is the common practice while evaluating ALD and CVD precursors. Typically
a dynamic TGA measurement is done i.e. the temperature of the
sample is increased with a constant heating rate while the weight
of the sample is followed as a function of time and temperature.
A TG curve showing a weight loss in a single step and residue
Table 3
Cyclopentadienyl compounds studied at Laboratory of inorganic Chemistry, University of Helsinki.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1114
15
16
17
18
19
20
Compound
Reference
[65]
[65]
[132]
[130]
[130]
[131,132]
[131,132]
[131,132]
[131,132]
[65,113]
[113]
[132]
[113]
[130]
[113]
[113]
[42]
Fig. 4. TG curves of cyclopentadienyl compounds of barium with donor functionalized ligands and Me5 C5 ligands + ancillary Lewis base ligands. Flowing 1 atm N2
atmosphere, 10 C/min, 10 mg samples.
Fig.
5. TGA
curves
of
Ba(Me5 C5 )2 (THF)2
Ba(i Pr3 C5 H2 )2 (THF)2
and
Ba(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 (THF). Inset shows TGA curves measured for Lewis base free
Sr(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 and Ba(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 . Flowing 1 atm N2 atmosphere, 10 C/min,
10 mg samples.
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TG measurements leaving 3070% residues. To make any conclusions what are the decomposition paths is quite impossible. Clearly
adding multidentate Lewis bases to Ba(Me5 C5 )2 (1114) did not
enhance but lowered the volatility as compared to the Lewis base
free Ba(Me5 C5 )2 or the THF adduct (Fig. 4). Also the thermal stability
was not enhanced. This was also conrmed by vacuum sublimation
experiments: vacuum sublimation of the adducts 1114 required
higher temperatures (180260 C) than pure Ba(Me5 C5 )2 and also
the sublimation yields were low (for 11 63% and for 1214 3239%)
though it seems that the compounds sublimed intact as the sublimates were found to be identical with the unsublimed compounds.
Noticeable is that TGA showed Ba(Me2 NC2 H4 C5 Me4 )2 (18) to be
stable up to ca 290 C above which it decomposes rapidly. Under
vacuum Ba(Me2 NC2 H4 C5 Me4 )2 (18), however, showed very good
sublimation behavior at 200260 C.
In conclusion the best approach for making volatile and thermally stable cyclopentadienyl compounds of Sr and Ba was
denitely the usage of large and sterically demanding cyclopentadienyl ligands. The i Pr3 C5 H2 and t Bu3 C5 H2 ligands were found to
make a good match with Sr and Ba. With similar ligands the thermal
properties of Sr and Ba compounds are very similar. Inset in Fig. 5
shows TG curves measured for Sr(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 and Ba(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 .
It seems likely that i Pr4 C5 H2 and (Me3 Si)3 C5 H2 ligands could
be equally good [135,136] but extremely crowded ligand i Pr5 C5
[137] may be even too bulky for Sr and Ba in the sense that
the reactivity with H2 O is lowered. However, making the tetra
and pentaisopropyl substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands is more
complicated compared to the trisubstituted ligands [135,137].
Adducting the cyclopentadienyl compounds or using donorfunctionalized cyclopentadienyl ligands was found not to be benecial.
Volatilities or thermal stabilities of adduct compounds were not
enhanced if compared to the Lewis base free compounds.
In general cyclopentadienyl compounds of alkaline earth metals
have been used especially in ALD of oxides of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba
but also suldes of strontium and barium have been deposited
(Table 2). The advantages of the cyclopentadienyl compounds over
the -diketonates are high reactivity against oxygen precursors and
higher thermal stability. Oxygen precursors used with cyclopentadienyls are H2 O, O3 and oxygen plasma. Unlike the -diketonates of
Sr and Ba, the cyclopentadienyl compounds form sufciently pure
Sr and Ba containing lms with all three oxygen precursors.
SrS and BaS were deposited using Sr(Me2 C5 )2 , Ba(Me5 C5 )2 and
Sr(i Pr3 C5 H2 )2 as metal precursors and H2 S as a sulfur precursor
[65,82]. Growth rates of the processes at different temperatures
are shown in Fig. 6. Typical ALD window was observed for all
Fig. 6. Growth rate of SrS and BaS thin lms as a function of the deposition temperature. At 120 C, a pulse length of 1.5 s was used with complex 1 to ensure its uniform
distribution across the substrate [65]. Reprinted with permission from Chem. Mater.
14 (2002) 1937. Copyright 2002 American Chemical Society.
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the 1:1 Sr:Ti cycling ratio a self-limiting growth rate of 0.4 A/cycle
and a Sr:Ti ratio of 3:7 in the lm were achieved. The 2:1 cycling
ratio was found to result in slightly Sr rich lms but reaching the
saturation was found to be more complicated and an increase in the
growth rate was observed. The average surface composition during
the SrO cycle clearly inuences the growth behaviour [70]. Surface
composition effecting the growth behaviour seems to be a general
feature in ALD of ternary compounds.
Dielectric properties of the SrTiO3 lms prepared were tested in
MIM capacitors. A 490 nm lm grown at 325 C using Sr(i Pr3 C5 H2 )2 ,
Ti(Oi Pr)4 and H2 O had a permittivity of 130 after annealing in air at
500 C. A 49 nm lm grown at 300 C using Sr(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 , Ti(OMe)4
and H2 O and annealed at 750 C had a permittivity of 90 at 1 V,
resulting in EOT of 2.2 nm. Leakage currents of <50 nm lms were
fairly high, above 105 A/cm2 at 1 V [70].
Deposition of BaTiO3 was tested with three sets of precursors:
Ba(Me3 C5 )2 , Ti(Oi Pr)4 and H2 O [4], Ba(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 , Ti(Oi Pr)4 and
H2 O [113], and Ba(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 , Ti(OMe)4 and H2 O [112]. The rst
set resulted in reasonably uniform lms up to deposition temperatures of 275 C. With the second set crystalline BaTiO3 lms were
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Fig. 7. HRTEM images showing the inuence of an epitaxial MBE seed layer on ALD growth. A SiO2 layer which forms during the processing is seen between Si and the
epitaxial SrTiO3 [70].
tetragonal and cubic forms from which the last ones are desired in
high-k applications.
The recent development in Ti precursors for ALD aims at the
desired properties mentioned above: high reactivity, good thermal
stability, preferably liquid at room temperature, and good compatibility with Sr(R3 C5 H2 )2 precursors for deposition of SrTiO3 . The
latest complexes are heteroleptic following the idea that one of the
ligands gives reactivity and the other thermal stability.
3.1. Group 4 metal halides as precursors for ALD
Chlorides of group 4 metals are very important precursors since
they are volatile, stable, cheap and highly reactive with water. The
chloride ALD process for all these oxides has been known for over
20 years [1,2,140]. Chlorides have certain drawbacks such as ZrCl4
and HfCl4 are solids, the reaction by-product is corrosive HCl, and
incompatibility with some other lm constituents like strontium in
SrTiO3 that readily forms SrCl2 . The problem of being solid and possibly causing particle problems has been overcome and HfCl4 , for
example is used in industrial scale [141]. TiCl4 is extensively used
ALD precursor when cheap, easily delivered precursor is needed [5].
From the other halides iodides have been in some extent studied
as possible precursors for the TiO2 , ZrO2 and HfO2 lms [142,143].
The chloridewater process works at a wide temperature range:
from room temperature (with the highly volatile TiCl4 ) to at least
750 C. As mentioned above, in the growth of ZrO2 lms for the
high-k applications the crystal structure formed is important. The
most stable phase is the monoclinic one but its k-value is only
around 20 while the tetragonal and cubic phases have values of
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210 C, tetragonal at 210300 C, and a mixture of tetragonal and
monoclinic at higher temperatures. Interestingly the k-values of
the lms remained rather low (around 20) despite the crystal
structure [144]. HfCl4 H2 O process on the other hand, produces
mainly monoclinic phase which also shows k-value close to 20
[145]. With decreasing lm thickness the fraction of the tetragonal
phase increases, however, as observed in for example HfO2 Ta2 O5
nanolaminates [145].
Metal chlorides react also with metal alkoxides producing either
a binary oxide or mixed oxide depending on whether the metals in
the two precursors are the same or different, respectively [146]. The
byproduct of this reaction is alkylchloride [147]. Because no separate oxygen precursor is used, and oxygen is bound to a metal
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Fig. 8. Thermal decomposition of Ti(OMe)4 , Ti(OEt)4 , Ti(Oi Pr)4 and Ti(Ot Bu)4 . ALD
equipment with in situ QMS was used to produce the data. The amount of decomposition was determined by dividing the main fragment of the ligand by a precursor
fragment [149].
Fig. 9. Crystal structure of [Zr(Ot Bu)2 (dmae)2 ]2 dimer [154]. Reproduced with a
permission from J. Non-Cryst. Solids 303 (2002) 24. Copyright 2002, Elsevier.
Fig. 10. Crystal structure of M(Ot Bu)2 (mmp)2 (M = Zr, Hf) [156]. Reproduced with a
permission from Chem. Vap. Deposition 8 (2002) 163. Copyright 2002, John Wiley
and Sons.
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ligands shield hafnium more effectively than the related monodentate NR2 and OR ligands.
3.3. Group 4 alkylamides as precursors for ALD
Alkylamides form another important group of precursors for the
group 4 metals. The homoleptic tetrakis complexes used in ALD
usually contain dimethyl-, ethylmethyl- or diethyl-substituents at
the nitrogen. Especially for zirconium the ethylmethylamide is
widely used in oxide depositions. Alkylamides have several advantages: easy synthesis, high reactivity with water, relatively small
Besides oxide
molecules resulting in growth rates about 1 A/cycle.
lms alkylamides have been studied as precursors for nitride combined in thermal processes with ammonia or in plasma processes
with ammonia, nitrogen or hydrogen plasma [5].
Thermal stability of alkylamides of group 4 metals shows a
reverse order compared to alkoxides: titanium alkylamides are less
stable than the corresponding zirconium and hafnium complexes.
Thermal decomposition of Ti(NMe2 )4 has been reported to start at
180 C [160]. TiO2 lms have been grown from this precursor and
the growth rate is high at low temperatures (<100 C) and decreases
strongly towards 325 C [161]. Hausmann et al. [162] reported
much higher temperatures for zirconium and hafnium, the maximum deposition temperatures being for Zr(NMe2 )4 , Zr(NMeEt)4 ,
and Zr(NEt2 )4 250, 300 and 350 C, and for Hf(NMe2 )4 , Hf(NMeEt)4 ,
and Hf(NEt2 )4 350, 400 and 450 C, respectively. It seems that the
decomposition temperature depends on the reactor design since in
our reactors decomposition is seen already at the above mentioned
temperatures. For example, with Zr(NMeEt)4 there is a growth rate
difference between 275 and 300 C [163]. Low decomposition temperatures have also been observed for Hf(NMeEt)4 in batch reactors
[164].
Good results have been reported for ZrO2 lms grown from
Zr(NMeEt)4 and water or ozone. It is possible to reach permittivity
values close to 40 which is a sign of tetragonal or cubic structure
[165]. This can lead to CET values as low as 0.8 nm [166]. Hf(NMe2 )4
and Hf(NMeEt)4 precursors behave differently. The oxide lms
deposited from them with water show predominantly monoclinic
structure and permittivity values less than 20 [167,168]. This seems
to be more the property of hafnium oxide. High-k value forms of
HfO2 can be achieved by doping the lms for example with rare
earth ions. Good results have been reported for HfO2 doped with
7% of yttrium [169]. Although with ZrO2 it is easier to the tetragonal or cubic form than with HfO2 doping ZrO2 with for example
strontium assists in formation of these high permittivity phases
[170].
3.4. Group 4 Cyclopentadienyl compounds for ALD
3.4.1. Bis-cyclopentadienyl compounds
Bis-cyclopentadienyl (Cp) compounds represent true
organometallic compounds used as precursors for group 4
metal oxides. Two Cp rings coordinate in 5 fashion to the metal
and the other two ligands usually are either chlorides or methyl
groups. The bis-cyclopentadienyl compounds react rapidly with
both water and ozone and resulting oxide material is very pure.
The thermal stability of the bis-Cp compounds is higher than that
of alkoxides and alkylamides and deposition temperatures > 300 C
are achievable for ZrO2 and HfO2 [170]. Cp compounds of titanium
have only sparsely been studied in ALD.
The ALD of both ZrO2 and HfO2 has been studied using different bis-Cp compounds and both water and ozone as oxygen
Fig. 11. Growth rate of HfO2 lms as a function of deposition temperature. Precursors Cp2 HfMe2 and water. The inset shows the growth rate at 350 as a function of
the Cp2 HfMe2 pulse length [173]. Reproduced by permission of The Royal Society
of Chemistry.
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Fig. 12. Surface reactions in the Cp2 ZrMe2 /D2 O ALD process at 350 C as proposed
based on in situ studies with QMS and QCM. Upon adsorption of Cp2 ZrMe2 more
methyl than Cp ligands are released in exchange reactions with the surface OD
groups (b). The following D2 O pulse releases the rest of the ligands as MeD and CpD
releasedconverts the surface back to OD-terminated [174]. Reprinted with permission from Langmuir 21 (2005) 7321. Copyright 2005 American Chemical Society.
Fig. 13. Cross-sectional SEM images of a ZrO2 lm grown by the CpZr(NMe2 )3 /O3
process at 275 C into 60:1 aspect ratio trenches. The upper image shows the top
part of the trench, those below the middle and bottom parts. The trench opening is 115 nm and depth 6.75 mm. Labels denote the ZrO2 lm thicknesses [177].
Reproduced by permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Fig. 15. Molecular structure of (t BuMe2 Si)2 Te [3]. Reproduced with permission from
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (2009) 3478. Copyright 2009 American Chemical Society.
Fig. 16. TG curves measured for different alkylsilyl compounds of As, Sb, Bi, Se and
Te [188].
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(1)
growth of Sb2 Te3 occurred with a good rate of about 0.6 A/cycle
at
as low temperature as 60 C but above that the growth rate dropped
rapidly (Fig. 17). Also with GeTe the highest rate was achieved at
the lowest possible deposition temperature of 90 C, the limitation coming from GeCl2 C4 H8 O2 that needs a source temperature
of 70 C [3,190]. Above 90 C the GeTe deposition rate decreased
rapidly and dropped to zero already at 150 C. Consequently the
largest concern related to these processes arises from the modest
volatility of GeCl2 C4 H8 O2 combined with the strong temperature
Fig. 18. GeSbTe phase diagram showing compositions reached so far with the
metal chloridealkylsilyl tellurium/antimony based ALD processes.
was
cycles of GeTe and Sb2 Te3 . A growth rate of about 0.30 A/cycle
obtained where the cycle refers to a sum of binary cycles of GeTe
and SbTe [3,191]. A common way for controlling the ternary composition in ALD is to vary the cycle ratio of the binary constituents.
Ideally, the lm should adopt the stoichiometry corresponding to
the composition of the stable ternary compound but because GST
and related ternary materials are more alloy-like and many stoichiometric compositions exist along the pseudo-binary line between
GeTe and Sb2 Te3 (Ge1 Sb2 Te4 , Ge2 Sb2 Te5 , Ge3 Sb2 Te6 , etc.) there is
no strong driving force towards a particular stoichiometry. Indeed,
in the ternary process the antimony content increased and the germanium and tellurium contents decreased with increasing SbCl3
exposure times without approaching any specic composition.
Anyhow, the GST composition could still be adjusted close to the
stoichiometric Ge2 Sb2 Te5 by tuning the ratio of the binary cycles
GeTe and SbTe. On the other hand, if so desired, the composition
can be adjusted to other stoichiometries on the GeTeSb2 Te3 tie
line as well by just changing the binary cycle ratio.
The dechlorosilylation reaction was later extended to also elemental antimony (Fig. 17) and various metal antimonides, also
those of germanium [187]. Elemental Sb lms were deposited from
SbCl3 and (Et3 Si)3 Sb, while GeCl2 C4 H8 O2 and (Et3 Si)3 Sb deposited
a germaniumantimony alloy with a germanium rich composition of 82 at.% Ge and 18 at.% Sb. The germanium rich composition
points to a reaction mechanism more complicated than the simple
ligand exchange; most likely some antimony to germanium substitution is involved, too. Contrary to the GeSbTe system, GeSb
has no stoichiometric compound and tends to elemental segregation. Anyhow, by mixing the ALD cycles of elemental Sb with those
of Ge82 Sb18 , the lm composition could be tuned in between these
two extremes. Furthermore, when also GeTe and/or Sb2 Te3 ALD
cycles were added, the GeSbTe composition could be tuned over
a wide range of compositions in the ternary phase diagram (Fig. 18).
Despite the low deposition temperature, the GST lms deposited
from the germanium and antimony chlorides contained reasonably
low impurity contents of about 2.4 at.% oxygen, 1.0 at.% hydrogen,
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Table 4
Compounds of bismuth used as precursors in ALD.
Precursor
Other precursors
Material
References
BiCl3
Bi2 Se3
Bi2 Te3
Bi2 S3
[3]
[3]
[200]
Bi(Ph)3
Ti(Oi Pr)3 + H2 O
O3 + Ti(Oi Pr)4 + H2 O
Bi(Ph)3 and SrTa2 (OEt)10 me2 in n-butylacetate + O2 plasma
BiTiO pyrochlore
Bi4 Ti3 O12
SrBi2 Ta2 O9
[201]
[202]
[203]
Bi(CH2 SiMe3 )3
O3
BiSiO
[204]
Bi(N(SiMe3 )2 )3
Ta(OEt)5 + H2 O
Ti(OMe)4 + H2 O
Ti(OMe)4 + H2 O
SrTa2 (OEt)10 (dmae)2 + H2 O
BiTaO
BiTiO pyrochlore
Bi4 Ti3 O12
SrBi2 Ta2 O9
[109]
[205]
[205]
[109]
Bi(thd)3
Bi(OCMe2 i Pr)3
H2 O
H2 O
Bi2 O3
Bi2 O3
[206,208]
[206]
Bi(mmp)3
[209]
[210]
[211,212]
[213]
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of 0.4 A/cycle
independent of the Bi(CH2 SiMe3 )3 precursor pulse
time above 1 s was observed at 250350 C. Films deposited above
350 C showed a clear thickness prole indicating decomposition
of the precursor. The Si/Bi ratio increased with the increasing
deposition temperature but in the lms deposited at 250350 C
the ratio was around 2. The as-deposited lms were amorphous
but annealing either in N2 or O2 atmosphere resulted in crystalline
lms showing the presence of orthorhombic Bi2 SiO5 phase and
some other bismuth silicates.
Fig. 20. Above: Molecular structure of Bi(CH2 SiMe3 )3 . Below: TG curves of Bi(i Pr)3
and Bi(CH2 SiMe3 )3 [204].
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cycle ratio of 2:1 BiTaO the growth rate was 0.33 A/cycle
and
the Bi/Ta ratio was around 1.1. Amorphous SrBiTaO (SBT) lms
were deposited by mixing two Bi(N(SiMe3 )2 )3 H2 O cycles with one
SrTa2 (OEt)10 (dmae)2 H2 O cycle. The lms deposited were found
strontium decient with a stoichiometry of Sr0.8 Bi2.1 Ta2 Ox though
the Sr/Ta ratio in the precursor was xed to 1:2. The desired ferroelectric layered perovskite, i.e. the so-called Aurivillius phase SBT
was realized after careful annealing treatments but still there was
always some pyrochlore phase present in the lms. Permittivity of
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Fig. 23. Molecular structure of Bi(thd)3 . Loose dimers are formed in solid state.
Fig. 24. TG curves of different bismuth alkoxides, -diketonate Bi(thd)3 and carboxylates Bi(O2 Ct Bu)3 and Bi(O2 CMe)3 [206]. Reproduced by permission of The Royal
Society of Chemistry.
Fig. 25. Molcular structures of Bi(Ot Bu)3 (above) and Bi(OCi Pr3 )3 (hydrogen atoms
omitted for clarity) [206].
temperatures above 200 C a thus far unidentied crystalline bismuth oxide phase was observed. TOF-ERDA results revealed that
the lms were oxygen rich, probably due to OH residues, and had
otherwise very low impurity levels.
Bi(OCMe2 i Pr)3 has also been studied in ALD of Bi4 Ti3 O12 and
SrBi2 Ta2 O9 at 240 C [200,222]. For Bi4 Ti3 O12 the other precursors
were Ti(OMe)4 and H2 O. Mixing Bi(OCMe2 i Pr)3 H2 O cycles with
Ti(OMe)4 H2 O cycles in a 3:1 ratio gave a Bi/Ti ratio of 1.47 in the
lm. Bi4 Ti3 O12 , an orthorhombic ferroelectric phase was observed
after annealing the lms in air at 700 C. For SrBi2 Ta2 O9 the other
precursors used were Ta(OEt)5 , Sr(i PrC5 H2 )2 or Sr(t Bu3 C5 H2 )2 , and
H2 O.
Bi(mmp)3 i.e. Bi(OCMe2 CH2 OMe)3 is an alkoxide with a tertiary
donor functionalized ligand. This compound has a very good volatility and can be sublimed at 60 C/0.01 mbar. It has been used to
deposit Bix Tiy Oz , Bix Tiy Siz Ow and Bix Tiy Alz Ow (Table 4) [209213].
In three studies Bi(mmp)3 was delivered by liquid injection as a part
of a solvent mixture [209,212,213]. In two studies Bi(mmp)3 H2 O
cycles were combined with Ti(Oi Pr)4 H2 O and Si(OEt)4 H2 O cycles
and the ALD type of growth of BiTiO and BiTiSiO were
reported at 225 C [30,211]. Our own studies on the Bi(mmp)3 H2 O
process revealed that the precursor was decomposing quite rapidly
at 250 C [200]. Bi(mmp)3 was also seen to suffer from ageing in the
heated source.
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With more
growth and at 300 C the growth rate was 0.06 A/cycle.
powerful oxidizing reagents like O3 or oxygen plasma it may be
possible to deposit bismuth oxide more efciently.
6. Pt group metals
Thin lms of noble metals and their oxides nd use in a wide
variety of applications from catalysis to microelectronics. In integrated circuits there main use is as electrode materials in MOSFETs
and various memory capacitors. The main benets of noble metals
are high work function and resistance against oxidation, and even
if oxidized under oxygen plasma or ozone, the resulting noble
metal oxide layers are still conducting. On the other hand, noble
metal oxides are sometimes preferred as the bottom electrodes
because their structural compatibility with high-k oxides promotes
the crystallization of the latter.
ALD of noble metals was done for the rst time in 2003 when Ru
was deposited from RuCp2 and O2 [225,226]. In this case the success
can be attributed more to the reactant rather than the metal precursor. Before that molecular oxygen had been considered mostly
unreactive in ALD as only in a few special cases it could have been
used for ALD of oxides. Therefore it was surprising to observe O2
serving as an efcient reactant for ALD of noble metals where reducing agent in the rst place was looked for. The high reactivity in the
noble metal ALD process was concluded to be due to the activation
of O2 by the noble metal lm itself via dissociative adsorption into
atomic oxygen. Indeed, in situ reaction mechanism studies revealed
that the RuCp2 O2 ALD Ru process involved combustion reactions
producing CO2 and H2 O as the main byproducts [225,227]. Substantial amount of these were released already during the RuCp2
pulse which was interpreted in terms of atomic oxygen remaining
adsorbed on, and to some extent also in, the Ru lm surface after
the O2 pulse. Later a similar process was demonstrated using a
-diketonate Ru(thd)3 [228], thereby showing that the metal precursor does not need to be an organometallic compound, and the O2
based noble metal ALD chemistry was expanded to Rh [229231],
Pd [231,232], Os [233], Ir [231,234236], Pt [231,232,234,235].
The O2 based ALD metal processes suffer, however, from poor
nucleation. This is thought to be due to a lack of catalytic activation
of O2 before the rst nuclei of the noble metal form, a mechanism which is still to be explained. Also the growth temperatures
needed with O2 are typically 225 C and above. Therefore ozone
as a more efcient oxidizing agent was tested in place of O2 and
was found to enable lm deposition at much lower temperatures
than O2 [237240]. Typically lms deposited below about 200 C
were noble metal oxides and those deposited above 200 C were
metallic even when ozone was used. On the other hand, when H2
was added in the pulsing sequence (metal-precursorO3 H2 ) noble
metals could be deposited at as low temperatures as 165 C [238].
Taking Ir and IrO2 as an example, the rst process examined
was Ir(acac)3 O2 that deposited metallic Ir at 225 C and above
Fig. 26. Above: Molecular structure of (MeC5 H4 )Ir(CHD). Below: TG and SDTA
curves of the compound [236]. Reproduced by permission of The Royal Society of
Chemistry.
[236]. When O2 was replaced with ozone, the Ir(acac)3 O3 process deposited IrO2 at 165200 C and metallic Ir above 200 C.
The low temperature limit of 165 C was in this case set by the
low volatility of Ir(acac)3 that requires a source temperature of
155 C [239]. In other words, with the introduction of O3 H2 [238]
in place of O2 , the metal precursor Ir(acac)3 became the limiting
factor for the low temperature deposition of Ir and created a
need for new iridium precursor. To ll this gap, (MeCp)Ir(CHD)
(MeCp = methylcyclopentadienyl, CHD = cyclohexadiene) was synthesized and tested with both O2 and O3 [236,241]. (MeCp)Ir(CHD)
has a mp of 3639 C and could be delivered from a source temperature of 4550 C. Structure and TG/SDTA curves are shown
in Fig. 26. The (MeCp)Ir(CHD)O2 process was effective only at
225 C and above depositing metallic Ir and was thus similar to the
Ir(acac)3 O2 process. By contrast, the (MeCp)Ir(CHD)O3 process
deposited iridium oxide lms from as low as 100 C up to 180 C
while at 200 C metallic iridium was obtained. Upon adding hydrogen the (MeCp)Ir(CHD)O3 H2 process deposited metallic iridium
lms down to 120 C.
7. Silver
Silver has the lowest resistivity of all known elements,
1.59 cm, and is highly reective and antibacterial material.
Thus silver is used in electrical conductors, highly reective mirrors decorative coatings and antimicrobial coatings [242]. In future
silver could be used in microelectronics interconnects [243]. Compared to many other conducting elements like gold, silver and its
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3.111 A).
To study the volatility and thermal stability of the compounds
TGA/SDTA measurements were done (Fig. 31). All the prepared
compounds except Ag(fod)(PEt3 ) (Ag11) left residues which were
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Fig. 32. SEM pictures of Ag lms deposited using the Ag(Piv)(PEt3 )H radicals process [245]. Reproduced with a permission from Chem. Vap. Dep. 13 (2007) 408. Copyright
2007, John Wiley and Sons.
be similar with that of Ag(Piv)(PEt3 ). Clearly, for all the other silver compounds studied except Ag(fod)(PEt3 ) the temperature of
efcient evaporation at 1 atm is higher than the temperature of
decomposition. Indeed, the volatility of the carboxylates is so low
that sublimation even under vacuum requires temperatures so
high that partial decomposition, indicated by the low sublimation
yields, takes place [255]. It seems obvious that in Ag(fod)(PEt3 )
the volatility and thermal stability are in optimal balance. In
addition to Ag(fod)(PEt3 ) literature reports some other silver compounds which show evaporation before decomposition in TGA.
These include Ag(thd)(Pn Bu3 ) [256], Ag(fod)(PMe3 ), Ag(fod)(PEt3 )
[257] and Ag(hfac)(CNMe) [251].
It does not seem to be possible to make any straight conclusions concerning the thermal stabilities of the compounds on
Fig. 33. (a) AFM image of a 17 nm thick Ag lm deposited at 120 C. (b) SEM image
of the same lm [246]. Reproduced with permission from Chem. Mater. 23 (2011)
2901. Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society.
basis of the crystal structures. Concerning the volatility, polymeric compounds are less volatile than the monomeric or dimeric
compounds.
In an early work Ag(Piv)(PEt3 ) was employed as the silver
precursor and hydrogen radicals produced with remote plasma
(REALD) were used as the reducing agent [245]. In addition
Ag(Piv)(PBu3 ) was tested. It was found that the Ag(Piv)(PEt3 ) precursor starts to decompose at temperatures above 160 C. As the
precursor needed to be heated to 125 C to volatilize it, the ALD
window was limited to 140160 C. It was conrmed that the
usage of molecular H2 did not yield any lms while H radicals
did work. Growth of Ag lms saturated with 3 s Ag(Piv)(PEt3 ) and
7 s hydrogen radical pulses and the growth rate was 1.2 A/cycle.
The lms grew conformally as can be seen from the SEM picture
(Fig. 32). The lms were quite rough but appeared mirror-like.
Impurity levels of the lms were quite high on P (4.0 at.%), O
(10 at.%), H (5.0 at.%) and Si (4.0 at.%). Carbon content was only
1.0 at.%. Resistivity of a 40 nm lm was measured to be 6 cm.
With Ag(Piv)(PBu3 ) lms grew slowly, the resistivities of the lms
were high and their appearance was dark. The worse results were
assumed to be possibly due to slower reaction kinetics or the PBu3
ligands leaving more impurities in the lms. Later on upscaling
the Ag(Piv)(PEt3 )H plasma process was tried on 200 mm Si wafers
but no uniform lms could be deposited over the whole substrate.
To overcome this limitation another precursor Ag(fod)(PEt3 ) was
introduced.
Ag(fod)(PEt3 ) was used with plasma-activated hydrogen
(PEALD) [246]. Again, mirror-like continuous lms were deposited
on silicon and glass substrates with a diameter of 200 mm. Films
thinner than 10 nm were non-continuous as the growth was found
to start with a formation of nanoclusters. The rms-roughness
of a 17 nm thick lm was 4.8 nm and a 50 nm lm had roughness of 5.4 nm (Fig. 33). ALD-window for the process was found
0.38 A/cycle.
The observed growth rate is much lower compared
to that observed for the Ag(Piv)(PEt3 )H radicals process and this
may be due to the larger fod ligand. The deposited lms were
polycrystalline and the resistivity of a 22 nm lm was 68 cm.
Elemental contents of a 17 nm lm deposited at 120 C were Ag
(85 at.%), H (3 at.%), C (3 at.%), O (0.9 at.%), P (0.9 at.%), F (0.5 at.%)
and N (0.7 at.%) as measured with TOF-ERDA. It is notable that the F
contents of the lms were low though there was even a AgF interaction in the solid state structure of the precursor. Also the lms
contained considerably less impurities than the lms deposited
with the Ag(Piv)(PEt3 )H radicals process. These differences may,
however, be partly affected by the reactor congurations too. Anyhow, a clear advantage of Ag(fod)(PEt3 ) over Ag(Piv)(PEt3 ), as tested
in the same reactor, is the ability to deposit uniform lms over large
area substrates.
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