Low-Temperature Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Tin(IV) Oxide from a Functionalized Alkyl Precursor: Fabrication and Evaluation of SnO2 -Based Thin-Film Transistor Devices

Research output: Contribution to journalResearch articleContributedpeer-review

Contributors

  • Lukas Mai - , Ruhr University Bochum (Author)
  • David Zanders - , Ruhr University Bochum (Author)
  • Ersoy Subaşl - , Ruhr University Bochum (Author)
  • Engin Ciftyurek - , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Author)
  • Christian Hoppe - , Paderborn University (Author)
  • Detlef Rogalla - , Ruhr University Bochum (Author)
  • Wolfram Gilbert - , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Author)
  • Teresa De Los Arcos - , Paderborn University (Author)
  • Klaus Schierbaum - , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Author)
  • Guido Grundmeier - , Paderborn University (Author)
  • Claudia Bock - , Ruhr University Bochum (Author)
  • Anjana Devi - , Ruhr University Bochum (Author)

Abstract

A bottom-up process from precursor development for tin to plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) for tin(IV) oxide and its successful implementation in a working thin-film transistor device is reported. PEALD of tin(IV) oxide thin films at low temperatures down to 60 °C employing tetrakis-(dimethylamino)propyl tin(IV) [Sn(DMP) 4 ] and oxygen plasma is demonstrated. The liquid precursor has been synthesized and thoroughly characterized with thermogravimetric analyses, revealing sufficient volatility and long-term thermal stability. [Sn(DMP) 4 ] demonstrates typical saturation behavior and constant growth rates of 0.27 or 0.42 Å cycle -1 at 150 and 60 °C, respectively, in PEALD experiments. Within the ALD regime, the films are smooth, uniform, and of high purity. On the basis of these promising features, the PEALD process was optimized wherein a 6 nm thick tin oxide channel material layer deposited at 60 °C was applied in bottom-contact bottom-gate thin-film transistors, showing a remarkable on/off ratio of 10 7 and field-effect mobility of μ FE ≈ 12 cm 2 V -1 s -1 for the as-deposited thin films deposited at such low temperatures.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3169-3180
Number of pages12
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume11
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jan 2019
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

PubMed 30624887

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Keywords

  • atomic layer deposition, precursors, thin films, thin-film transistors, tin(IV) oxide