Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have been synthesized by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at different power for generation of plasma and different flow rate of silane gas. Silane (10% SiH4 in Ar) gas with flow rate ranging between 6-15 standard cubic centimeter per minute(sccm) were empl...

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Main Authors: Habib Hamidinezhad, Yussof Wahab, Zulkafli Othaman, Imam Sumpono
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
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spelling ukm-24492016-12-14T06:31:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2449/ Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Habib Hamidinezhad, Yussof Wahab, Zulkafli Othaman, Imam Sumpono, Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have been synthesized by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at different power for generation of plasma and different flow rate of silane gas. Silane (10% SiH4 in Ar) gas with flow rate ranging between 6-15 standard cubic centimeter per minute(sccm) were employed as the source and gold colloid as the catalyst. A p-type Si (100) wafer was used as substrate in this experiment and the substrate’s temperature was 370°C.The plasma power range was 12-17 watts. The grown silicon nanowires were analyzed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). FESEM results show that some silicon nanowires are cone like and some of them are cylindrical. The EDX result revealed that the existence of silicon and oxygen elements in the nanowires. The silicon nanowires obtained have different diameters and lengths and the SiNWs consist of silicon core which are surrounded by oxide sheath. It has been found that the plasma power and flow rate of the silane gas influence the size of silicon nananowires growth by PECVD. The diameter of wires decreased from 140 nm to 80 nm averagely when plasma power was increased from 12 to 17 watts. The diameter also increased about 90 nm to 150 nm when the flow rate of silane gas is increased from 6 to 15 sccm Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2449/1/14_Habib_Hamidinezhad.pdf Habib Hamidinezhad, and Yussof Wahab, and Zulkafli Othaman, and Imam Sumpono, (2011) Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Sains Malaysiana, 40 (1). pp. 63-66. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have been synthesized by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at different power for generation of plasma and different flow rate of silane gas. Silane (10% SiH4 in Ar) gas with flow rate ranging between 6-15 standard cubic centimeter per minute(sccm) were employed as the source and gold colloid as the catalyst. A p-type Si (100) wafer was used as substrate in this experiment and the substrate’s temperature was 370°C.The plasma power range was 12-17 watts. The grown silicon nanowires were analyzed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). FESEM results show that some silicon nanowires are cone like and some of them are cylindrical. The EDX result revealed that the existence of silicon and oxygen elements in the nanowires. The silicon nanowires obtained have different diameters and lengths and the SiNWs consist of silicon core which are surrounded by oxide sheath. It has been found that the plasma power and flow rate of the silane gas influence the size of silicon nananowires growth by PECVD. The diameter of wires decreased from 140 nm to 80 nm averagely when plasma power was increased from 12 to 17 watts. The diameter also increased about 90 nm to 150 nm when the flow rate of silane gas is increased from 6 to 15 sccm
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author Habib Hamidinezhad,
Yussof Wahab,
Zulkafli Othaman,
Imam Sumpono,
spellingShingle Habib Hamidinezhad,
Yussof Wahab,
Zulkafli Othaman,
Imam Sumpono,
Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
author_facet Habib Hamidinezhad,
Yussof Wahab,
Zulkafli Othaman,
Imam Sumpono,
author_sort Habib Hamidinezhad,
title Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
title_short Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
title_full Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
title_fullStr Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
title_full_unstemmed Effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
title_sort effect of plasma power and flow rate of silane gas on diameter of silicon nanowires grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2011
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2449/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2449/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2449/1/14_Habib_Hamidinezhad.pdf
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