Physical Properties & Nanomaterial Growth
The Coretec Group's Cyclohexasilane™
Cyclohexasilane Details
Cyclohexasilane Vapor Pressureas a Function of Temperature
Bond Enthalpy Comparison
Aerosol Assisted CVD of Si Thin Films
- Aerosolized liquid precursor
- Atmospheric pressure
- Continuous and scalable (R2R)
- High deposition efficiency at lowthermal budget
- Intrinsic silicon
- n and p doped silicon
- Low K dielectrics (SiOCN)
- Si-C compositions
- SiNx
Deposition rates and activation energies of hydrosilanes (Si6H12 has lowest Ea of known silanes)
Comparison Of Si Film Deposition Techniques
Control of Surface Chemistry & Crystallinity
Solution/Emulsion Polymerization
CHS spontaneously or inductively forms nano-sized domains in select liquid systems such as microemulsions which can be processed to generate silicon nanostructures. Generation of these nanostructures is enabled by the ability to transform CHS intostructurally robust polysilane colloids at RT using UV irradiation or chemical initiators.
SEM image of polysilane colloids generated by
micro-emulsion polymerization of Si6H12 using UV irradiation.
SEM image of a-Si colloids generated by
micro-emulsion polymerization of Si6H12 and heat treatment at 400 °C.
Electrospun Si NWs from CHS-Based Inks
Potential for New Copolymer Physical Chemistry
Advantages of Si6H12 as a PECVD precursor
1. CHS molecule consists of 6 Si atoms which can be simultaneously delivered intothe PECVD chamber thus enabling higher deposition rate compared to traditionalmonosilane.
2. Our experiments have shown that good quality a-Si:H films can be fabricated. Thisfinding allows to partially eliminate a costly multistage purification process, thusmaking CHS a more cost efficient precursor than traditional silanes.
3. CHS has a low vapor pressure at room temperature (0.3 torr), which makes alloperations with this precursor much safer than similar operations withgaseous silanes.
4. CHS does not require any dilution when used (gaseous silanes are diluted with He).This characteristic significantly widens Si delivery and hydrogen dilution ranges.