Structural ordering, morphology and optical properties of amorphous AlxIn1-xN thin films grown by plasma-assisted dual source reactive evaporation

Alizadeh, M. and Ganesh, V. and Mehdipour, H. and Nazarudin, N.F.F. and Goh, B.T. and Shuhaimi, A. and Rahman, S.A. (2015) Structural ordering, morphology and optical properties of amorphous AlxIn1-xN thin films grown by plasma-assisted dual source reactive evaporation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 632. pp. 741-747.

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Abstract

Amorphous aluminum indium nitride (AlxIn1-xN) thin films were deposited on quartz substrates by plasma-assisted dual source reactive evaporation system. In-rich (x = 0.10 and 0.18) and Al-rich (x = 0.60 and 0.64) films were prepared by simply varying an AC voltage applied to indium wire. The X-ray-diffraction patterns revealed a small broad peak assigned to Al0.10In0.90N (002) plane, but no perceivable peaks assigned to crystalline AlxIn1-xN were observed for the films with x = 0.18, 0.60 and 0.64. The morphology of the film was changed from clusters of small grains to uniformly shaped particles with decrease of x. The band gap energy of the films increased from 1.08 eV to 2.50 eV as the Al composition varied from 0.1 to 0.64. Also, Raman results indicated that E-2(high) and A(1)(LO) peaks of the AlxIn1-xN films are remarkably blue-shifted by increasing x and the A(1)(LO) phonon mode of the Al-rich films exhibits two-mode behavior. A bowing parameter of 4.3 eV was obtained for AlInN films. The extrapolated value from bowing equation was 0.85 eV for band gap energy of InN. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Amorphous AlInN; Plasma-assisted deposition; XPS; Raman spectra; Band gap
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Depositing User: Mr Faizal 2
Date Deposited: 13 Apr 2015 02:43
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2015 02:43
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/13250

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