Ultrahigh-quality silicon carbide single crystals |
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Authors: | Nakamura Daisuke Gunjishima Itaru Yamaguchi Satoshi Ito Tadashi Okamoto Atsuto Kondo Hiroyuki Onda Shoichi Takatori Kazumasa |
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Institution: | Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1192, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Silicon carbide (SiC) has a range of useful physical, mechanical and electronic properties that make it a promising material for next-generation electronic devices. Careful consideration of the thermal conditions in which SiC 0001] is grown has resulted in improvements in crystal diameter and quality: the quantity of macroscopic defects such as hollow core dislocations (micropipes), inclusions, small-angle boundaries and long-range lattice warp has been reduced. But some macroscopic defects (about 1-10 cm(-2)) and a large density of elementary dislocations (approximately 10(4) cm(-2)), such as edge, basal plane and screw dislocations, remain within the crystal, and have so far prevented the realization of high-efficiency, reliable electronic devices in SiC (refs 12-16). Here we report a method, inspired by the dislocation structure of SiC grown perpendicular to the c-axis (a-face growth), to reduce the number of dislocations in SiC single crystals by two to three orders of magnitude, rendering them virtually dislocation-free. These substrates will promote the development of high-power SiC devices and reduce energy losses of the resulting electrical systems. |
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