Abstract
The surface morphology evolution of GaN nucleation layer (NL) after different annealing time has been investigated by atomic force microscope. The surface morphologies of GaN NL after different annealing time are island-like. It is observed that for 0-min annealing time sample nucleation islands (NIs) are high density and small in size which results in high dislocation density GaN films, while the samples with longer annealing time have low density and large size NIs which results in low dislocation density GaN films. The crystal structure of GaN NLs after different annealing time investigated by high-resolution X-ray diffraction indicates GaN NL is polycrystalline. During annealing, GaN nanocrystals misaligned with sapphire gradually disappear and GaN nanocrystals aligned with sapphire survive and grow up. Thus, the GaN NL surface has different NIs’ densities and sizes after different annealing time. The NL annealing time can effectively control the density and size of the NIs and further determine the GaN films crystal quality.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces
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7 articles.
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