• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권7호
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• pp.660-666
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• 2010

30 nm thick Ni layers were deposited on a glass substrate by e-beam evaporation. Subsequently, 30 nm or 60 nm ${\alpha}-Si:H$ layers were grown at low temperatures ($<220^{\circ}C$) on the 30 nm Ni/Glass substrate by catalytic CVD (chemical vapor deposition). The sheet resistance, phase, microstructure, depth profile and surface roughness of the $\alpha-Si:H$ layers were examined using a four-point probe, HRXRD (high resolution Xray diffraction), Raman Spectroscopy, FE-SEM (field emission-scanning electron microscopy), TEM (transmission electron microscope) and AES depth profiler. The Ni layers reacted with Si to form NiSi layers with a low sheet resistance of $10{\Omega}/{\Box}$. The crystallinty of the $\alpha-Si:H$ layers on NiSi was up to 60% according to Raman spectroscopy. These results show that both nano-scale NiSi layers and crystalline Si layers can be formed simultaneously on a Ni deposited glass substrate using the proposed low temperature catalytic CVD process.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.417-423
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• 2010

A dense nanostructured MoSi$_{2}$-SiC composite was synthesized by a pulsed current activated combustion synthesis method within 2 min of one step from mechanically activated powders of Mo$_{2}$C and Si. Simultaneous combustion synthesis and consolidation were accomplished under the combined effects of a pulsed current and mechanical pressure. Highly dense MoSi$_{2}$-SiC with a relative density of up to 98% was produced under simultaneous application of an 80 MPa pressure and pulsed current. The average grain size and mechanical properties of the composite were investigated.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제46권11호
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• pp.755-761
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• 2008

We fabricated thermally evaporated 10 nm-Ni/1 nm-Ir/(poly)Si films to investigate the energy saving property of silicides formed by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) at the temperature range of $300{\sim}1200^{\circ}C$ for 40 seconds. Moreover, we fabricated 100 nm-thick ITO/(poly)Si films with an rf-sputter as references. A transmission electron microscope (TEM) and an X-ray diffractometer were used to determine cross-sectional microstructure and phase changes. A UV-VIS-NIR and FT-IR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy) were employed for near-IR and middle-IR absorbance. Through TEM analysis, we confirmed 20~65 nm-thick silicide layers formed on the single and polycrystalline silicon substrates. Ir-inserted nickel silicide on single crystalline substrate showed almost the same absorbance in near IR region as well as ITO, but Ir-inserted nickel silicide on polycrystalline substrate, which had the uniform absorbance in specific region, showed better absorbance in near IR region than ITO. The Ir-inserted nickel silicide on polycrystalline substrate particularly showed better absorbance in middle IR region than ITO. The results imply that nano-thick Ir-inserted nickel silicides may have excellent absorbing capacity in near-IR and middle-IR region.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.81-89
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• 1994

전자빔 증착법을 사용하여 10nm두께의 Ti과 18nm두께의 Co를 Si(100)기판에 증착한 후, $N_{2}$분위기에서 $900^{\circ}C$, 20초 급속 열처리하여, Co/Ti 이중금속박막의 역전을 유도함으로서 $CoSi_{2}$박막을 형성하였다. 4점 탐침기로 측정한 면저항은 3.9Ω/ㅁ 었으며, 열처리 시간을 증가해도 이값은 유지하여 열적 안정성을 나타내었다. XRD 결과는 형성된 실리사이드는 기판과 에피관계를 갖는 $CoSi_{2}$상 임을 보였으며, SEM 사진은 평탄한 표면을 나타내었다. 단면 TEM 사진은 기판위에 형성된 박막층은 70nm 두께의 $CoSi_{2}$ 에피박막과 그위에 두개의 C0-Ri-Si합금층등 세개의 층으로 되어 있음을 보였다. AES 분석은, 기판상의 자연산화막을 형성할 수 있었음을 보여주었다. AES분석은, 기판상의 잔연산화막이 열처리초기, Ti에 의해 제거된후 Co가 원자적으로 깨끗한 Si기판에 확산하여 $CoSi_{2}$에피박막을 형성할 수 있었음을 보여주었다. $700^{\circ}C$, 20초 + $900^{\circ}C$, 20초 이중 열처리를 한 경우, $CoSi_{2}$결정성장으로 면저항값은 약간 낮아졌으나, 박막의 표면과 계면이 거칠었다. 이 $CoSi_{2}$에피박막의 실제 소자에의 적용방안과 막의 역전을 통한 에피박막형성의 기제를 열역학 및 kinetics 관점에서 고찰하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.169-177
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• 1995

Cu와 Si사이의 확산방지막으로 1000$\AA$ 두께의 TiN의 특성에 대하여 면저항 측정, 식각패임자국 관찰, X선 회절, AES, TEM 등을 이용하여 조사하였다. TiN 확산방지막은 $550^{\circ}C$, 1시간의 열처리 후에 Cu의 안쪽 확산으로 인해 Si(111)면을 따라 결정결함(전위)을 형성하고, 전위 주위에 Cu 실리사이드로 보이는 석출물들을 형성함으로써 파괴되었다. Al의 경우와는 달리 Si 패임자국이 형성되지 안흔 것으로부터 TiN확산방지막의 파괴는 Cu의 안쪽 확산에 의해서만 일어나는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한, Al의 경우에는 우수한 확산방지막 특성을 보여주었던 충진처리된 TiN가 Cu의 경우에는 거의 효과가 없는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이것은 Al의 경우에는 TiN의 결정립계에 존재하는 $TiO_{2}$가 Al과 반응하여 $Al_{2}O_{3}$를 형성함으로써 Al의 확산을 방해하는 화학적 효과가 매우 크지만, Cu의 경우에는 CuO 또는 $Cu_{2}O$와 같은 Cu 산화물은$TiO_{2}$에 비해서 열역학적으로 불안정하기 때문에 이러한 화학적 효과를 기대할 수 없으며, 따라서 충진처리 효과가 거의 없는 것으로 이해된다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2007

The NiSi is very promising candidate for the metallization in 45 nm CMOS process such as FUSI(fully silicided) gate and source/drain contact because it exhibits non-size dependent resistance, low silicon consumption and mid-gap workfunction. Ni film was first deposited by using ALD (atomic layer deposition) technique with Bis-Ni precursor and $H_2$ reactant gas at $220^{\circ}C$ with deposition rate of $1.25\;{\AA}/cycle$. The as-deposited Ni film exhibited a sheet resistance of $5\;{\Omega}/{\square}$. RTP (repaid thermal process) was then performed by varying temperature from $400^{\circ}C$ to $900^{\circ}C$ in $N_2$ ambient for the formation of NiSi. The process temperature window for the formation of low-resistance NiSi was estimated from $600^{\circ}C$ to $800^{\circ}C$ and from $700^{\circ}C$ to $800^{\circ}C$ with and without Ti capping layer. The respective sheet resistance of the films was changed to $2.5\;{\Omega}/{\square}$ and $3\;{\Omega}/{\square}$ after silicidation. This is because Ti capping layer increases reaction between Ni and Si and suppresses the oxidation and impurity incorporation into Ni film during silicidation process. The NiSi films were treated by additional thermal stress in a resistively heated furnace for test of thermal stability, showing that the film heat-treated at $800^{\circ}C$ was more stable than that at $700^{\circ}C$ due to better crystallinity.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.158-165
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• 1993

실리콘박막의 상부에 고상반응에 의해 형성된 TiS$i_2$ 박막의 응집 거동에 미치는 기판 실리콘의 영향을 조사했다. 폴리실리콘과 어몰퍼스실리콘을 증착상태 또는 어닐링한 상태엣 TiS$i_2$를 형성시키고 90$0^{\circ}C$열처리에 따른 TiS$i_2$의 면저항값의 변화를 조사하고 XRD, SEM 및 TEM에 의한 실리콘의 조직관찰을 행했다. TiS$i_2$응집은 어몰퍼스실리콘 위의 경우가 더욱 심했다. 폴리실리콘을 어닐링하면 TiS$i_2$의 응집은 억제되며 고온에서 어닐링할수록 그 효과가 현저했다. 이는 폴리실리콘의 입도 변화보다는 증착시 존재하는 결함들이 열처리에 의해 감소된 때문이다. 폴리실리콘의 경우는 어닐링 전후에 상관없이 (110)집합조직인 주상정 조직을 갖고 있다. 어몰퍼스실리콘을 결정화시킨 경우는 (111)집합조직를 갖는 등축정 조직을 나타내었다. 실리콘의 표면에너지가 낮은 (111)면이TiS$i_2$ 막의 하부 폴리실리콘에 많이 존재할수록 응집은 촉진된다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.200-204
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• 2003

A statistical experiment method was employed to investigate the window of the thermal stability of $TiSi_2$films which are popular for Ti-salicide and ohmic layers. The statistical experimental results showed that the first order term of $TiSi_2$thickness and annealing temperature was acceptable as a function of $\Delta$resistivity by 95% reliability criteria, and R-sq value implying a fit accuracy of the model also showed a high value of 93.80%. We found that $\Delta$resistivity of the $TiSi_2$film annealed at $700^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr changed from 3.35 to $0.379\mu$$\Omega$$\cdot$cm with increasing thickness from 185 to $703\AA$, and TEX>$\Delta$resistivity of the $TiSi_2$film with a fixed thickness of 444 $\AA$ changed from 0.074 to 17.12 $\mu$$\Omega$$\cdot$cm with increasing temperature increase from 600 to $800^{\circ}C$. From these results, we report that the process conditions of$ 692^{\circ}C$-1 hr, $715^{\circ}C$-1 hr, and 73$0^{\circ}C$-1 hr for $TiSi_2$($400 \AA$) are stable by the criteria of 1, 2, and 3 $\mu$$\Omega$$\cdot$cm of $\Delta$resistivity, respectively.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2003

As and BF$_2$dopants are implanted for the formation of source/drain with dose of 1${\times}$10$^{15}$ ions/$\textrm{cm}^2$∼5${\times}$10$^{15}$ ions/$\textrm{cm}^2$ then formed cobalt disilicide with Co/Ti deposition and doubly rapid thermal annealing. Appropriate ion implantation and cobalt salicide process are employed to meet the sub-0.13 $\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS devices. We investigated the process results of sheet resistance, dopant redistribution, and surface-interface microstructure with a four-point probe, a secondary ion mass spectroscope(SIMS), a scanning probe microscope (SPM), and a cross sectional transmission electron microscope(TEM), respectively. Sheet resistance increased to 8%∼12% as dose increased in $CoSi_2$$n^{＋}$ and $CoSi_2$$p^{V}$ , while sheet resistance uniformity showed very little variation. SIMS depth profiling revealed that the diffusion of As and B was enhanced as dose increased in $CoSi_2$$n^{＋}$ and $CoSi_2$$p^{＋}$ . The surface roughness of root mean square(RMS) values measured by a SPM decreased as dose increased in $CoSi_2$$n^{＋}$ , while little variation was observed in $CoSi_2$$p^{＋}$ . Cross sectional TEM images showed that the spikes of 30 nm∼50 nm-depth were formed at the interfaces of $CoSi_2$$n^{＋}$ / and $CoSi_2$/$p^{＋}$, which indicate the possible leakage current source. Our result implied that Co/Ti cobalt salicide was compatible with high dose sub-0.13$\mu\textrm{m}$ process.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.401-405
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• 2016

The cobalt silicides were investigated for employment as a catalytic layer for a DSSC. Using an E-gun evaporation process, we prepared a sample of 100 nm-thick cobalt on a p-type Si (100) wafer. To form cobalt silicides, the samples were annealed at temperatures of $300^{\circ}C$, $500^{\circ}C$, and $700^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes in a vacuum. Four-point probe, XRD, FE-SEM, and CV analyses were used to determine the sheet resistance, phase, microstructure, and catalytic activity of the cobalt silicides. To confirm the corrosion stability, we also checked the microstructure change of the cobalt silicides after dipping into iodide electrolyte. Through the sheet resistance and XRD results, we determined that $Co_2Si$, CoSi, and $CoSi_2$ were formed successfully by annealing at $300^{\circ}C$, $500^{\circ}C$, and $700^{\circ}C$, respectively. The microstructure analysis results showed that all the cobalt silicides were formed uniformly, and CoSi and $CoSi_2$ layers were very stable even after dipping in the iodide electrolyte. The CV result showed that CoSi and $CoSi_2$ exhibit catalytic activities 67 % and 54 % that of Pt. Our results for $Co_2Si$, CoSi, and $CoSi_2$ revealed that CoSi and $CoSi_2$ could be employed as catalyst for a DSSC.