The electrical characteristics of liquid phase deposited SiO 2 on GaN substrate were investigated. More Ga-OH bonds can be formed on GaN surface treated by KOH solution under a mercury arc lamp excitation. The OH bonds will absorb siloxane oligomer and enhance liquid phase deposited SiO 2 . A better quality of SiO 2 /GaN interface can be obtained and the interface state density is 1.24 ϫ 10 12 cm −2 eV −1 at the energy of 0.42 eV below the edge of conduction band. The leakage current density of the metal oxide semiconductor diode can be improved from 6.98 ϫ 10 −5 to 3.28 ϫ 10 −6 A/cm 2 at +1 MV/cm. GaN-based materials have been applied for the fabrication of optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, and photodiodes. They are also attractive for electronic devices due to their high electron saturation velocity and high breakdown voltage. Many efforts were devoted to insulators-GaN to fulfill the applications. For optoelectronic devices, SiO 2 is applied to different kinds of structures to realize light extraction like reflector, epitaxial lateral overgrowth, etc. 1,2 For electronic devices, SiO 2 passivation can suppress the drain current dispersion on GaN/AlGaN high electron mobility transistor ͑HEMT͒ due to the elimination of deep traps. 3,4 GaN metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor ͑MOSFET͒ with SiO 2 as the gate oxide will result in lower gate leakage current especially for low noise and reliable power electronics compared with that of metal semiconductor field effect transistor ͑MESFET͒ with a Schottky gate. 5,6 Recently, SiO 2 deposition on GaN-based MOSFET as gate oxides was reported by different growth methods including plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition ͑PECVD͒, 7 photochemical vapor deposition, 8 remote plasmaassisted oxidation, 9 Si diffused layer, 10 etc. However, the high leakage current densities of these MOS structures, mainly from the interface state density ͑D it ͒, need further improvement. The high D it is from the difficult binding between GaN and SiO 2 , and could be associated with the chemical stability of GaN.Liquid phase deposition ͑LPD͒ method has several advantages such as low deposition temperature ͑40°C͒, atmospheric growth, selective growth, good step coverage, and low cost. High quality LPD SiO 2 with very low leakage current density ͑ϳ10 −9 at A/cm 2 at 10 MV/cm͒ was prepared with the aqueous solutions of hydrofluosilicic acid ͑H 2 SiF 6 ͒ and boric acid ͑H 3 BO 3 ͒ 11 and has been applied in integrated circuit ͑IC͒ fabrication processes. 12,13 The chemical reactions for LPD SiO 2 have been proposed as follows 14,15 The silicon halide ͓SiF m ͑OH͒ 4−m ͔ can be hydrolyzed and changed into siloxane oligomer OH-͑SiO x ͒-OH by catalytic reactions. In Eq. 2, H 3 BO 3 is used as fluorine scavenger to drive Eq. 1 toward the right to promote SiO 2 deposition. The dehydration between siloxane oligomer and Si-OH existing on Si substrate surface forms SiO 2 film. 16,17 Therefore, the OH bond on substrate surface is essential for SiO 2 deposition. The...
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