Author Affiliations
1Department of Physics, College of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China2Research Center for Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Physical Science Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China3Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-Ferrous Metal and Featured Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Gibbs energy diagram for different chemical species during the growth AlN grown by CVD[34].
Fig. 2. (a) The chemical reaction between the values of Ki and the change of temperature. (b) The relation between temperature and partial pressures[35].
Fig. 3. The schematic diagram of low-temperature HVPE equipment[36].
Fig. 4. (Color online) The photo of thick AlN substrates: (a) the free-standing AlN wafer[37], (b) and (c) the 1.75-inch and 1-inch diameter AlN wafers[39], and (d) 2-inch 75 μm AlN wafer[40].
Fig. 5. (a) The double crystal XRC-FWHM values of (0002) and (10
0) planes for AlN films grown from 950 to 1100 °C[41], (b) the relationship between XRC-FWHM values of AlN (0002) rocking curves and growth rates at temperatures of 1150, 1175 and 1200 °C[42].
Fig. 6. The SEM cross-section images of AlN films at temperatures (a) 1100, (b) 1150, (c) 1200 °C[42].
Fig. 7. (Color online) The surface morphology of AlN grown at initial stage[45].
Fig. 8. (Color online) The AFM pictures of AlN with various thickness (a) 390, (b) 650, (c) 1200 nm grown on sapphire substrates[44].
Fig. 9. (Color online) (a) Schematic diagram of the HT-HVPE system with high-power lamp[46]. (b) The vertical cold-wall HT-HVPE system with induce heating method[47]. (c) The conventional HVPE system with internal heating part.
Fig. 10. (Color online) Nomarski micrographs of AlN layers: (a) directly growth, (b) two-step (c) three-step[54].
Fig. 11. The TEM images of the AlN films: weak beam dark field (a) g = 0002 and (b) g =
110. (c) and (d) The schematic diagram of dislocation evolution by step-growth technique[55].
Fig. 12. (Color online) (a) The XRC-FWHMs values of AlN films grown on AlN templates and sapphire substrates without nucleation layers[55]. (b) Dark-field TEM image of dislocation evolution in AlN grown on AlN/sapphire templates with g = (11
0)[58].
Fig. 13. (Color online) The AFM images of AlN grown at different temperatures: (a) 1150, (b) 1200, (c) 1400, and (d) 1450 °C[58].
Fig. 14. (Color online) The XRD θ–2 θ scans of AlN nucleation layers grown at 850 and 650 °C[61].
Fig. 15. The dark field TEM images for AlN epilayer grown with buffer layers, g = 11
0[63].
Fig. 16. (Color online) The schematic diagram of dislocation evolution by ELOG technique[65].
Fig. 17. (Color online) The optical microscopy pictures of AlN grown on: (a) patterned substrate and (b) flat substrate[66]. The cross-sectional SEM of AlN grown on patterned 6H-SiC with trench along (c) <1
00> and (d) <11
0> direction[67].
Fig. 18. (Color online) (a) The section STEM images of AlN films with voids. (b) The dependence of Raman shift of E2(high) mode on the position of samples with and without voids[71]. The horizontal line is the stress-free frequency 657.4 cm–1[72].
Fig. 19. (a) The corss-sectional SEM of voids in the interface below the 100-nm AlN buffer. (b) The photograph of self-separation AlN substrates with thickness of 79 μm[76].
Fig. 20. (Color online) The photographs: (a) the PVT-AlN substrates, (b) the free-standing AlN substrates[79].
Fig. 21. (Color online) The optical microscopy figures of AlN thick films grown by HVPE on (a) on-axis and (b) miscut 5° PVT-AlN substrates[80].
Parameter | Chemical etching
technique[83] | Self-separation
technique[76, 77, 84] | Homo-epitaxial growth
technique[79, 81, 85] |
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Size (cm2)
| 5 × 5 | 4 × 6 | 3 × 3 | Thickness (μm)
| 112 | 79 | 114 | FWHM of symmetric (arcsec) | 2907 | 2034 | 31 | FWHM of skew-symmetric (arcsec) | 1322 | 1104 | 32 | Advantage | Simple | Low cost | High quality |
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Table 1. The freestanding AlN fabricated with different techniques.