Schottky barrier lowering with the formation of crystalline Er silicide on n-Si upon thermal annealing
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❄️ cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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annealingbarriercrystallineformationn-sischottkysilicidex-ray
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The evolution of the Schottky barrier height (SBH) of Er silicide contacts to n-Si is investigated as a function of the annealing temperature. The SBH is found to drop substantially from 0.43 eV for the as-deposited sample to reach 0.28 eV, its lowest value, at 450 C. By x-ray diffraction, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the decrease in the SBH is shown to be associated with the progressive formation of crystalline ErSi2-x.
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