Preparation method of metal nanoparticle modified patterned substrate L ED
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of L ED, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a metal nanoparticle modified patterned substrate L ED.
Background
In order to improve the epitaxial effect of epitaxially growing a GaN thin film on a patterned sapphire substrate, the following steps are generally performed: (1) by using thicker AlN or AlGaN buffer layers; (2) firstly growing an AlN buffer layer, and then carrying out pattern alignment on the AlN buffer layer; (3) an AlN or SiN insertion layer is introduced into the buffer layer. However, these methods have certain disadvantages, for example, the methods (1) and (3) have disadvantages that the thickness of the buffer layer is large, the required raw material is increased, and the cost is increased; the method (2) has the defects of complex process, and when AlN is subjected to alignment, a sample needs to be taken out and then put in for growth after etching is finished; and the etching process is also relatively complex, and steps such as gluing, photoetching, cleaning, ICP etching, cleaning and the like are required, so that the processing cost is greatly increased.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop a patterned substrate L ED modified with metal nanoparticles that can be processed with simple process steps, low cost, reduced buffer layer thickness, reduced dislocation density, and improved epitaxy effect.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a patterned substrate L ED modified by metal nanoparticles, which has simple processing procedures and low cost, can reduce the thickness of a buffer layer, reduce the dislocation density and improve the epitaxial effect.
The invention adopts the technical scheme that the preparation method of the metal nanoparticle modified patterned substrate L ED comprises the following steps:
1) forming a layer of metal film on the patterned substrate, rapidly heating to 750-1200 ℃, and annealing for 1-10min to form metal nanoparticles on the patterned substrate;
2) transferring the substrate to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing an AlN or AlGaN buffer layer;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.
Preferably, the metal film is an Ag film, an Au film, an In film or an Al film; the metal nanoparticles are Ag nanoparticles, Au nanoparticles, In nanoparticles or Al nanoparticles.
Preferably, in the step 1), the specific method for forming the metal nanoparticles is to evaporate an Au thin film or an Ag thin film on the patterned substrate by using an electron beam evaporation device, wherein the evaporation current is 100-150A, and the vacuum is 1 × 10-6-1×10-3Pa, in N2Under the protection atmosphere, rapidly heating to 750-1200 ℃, annealing for 0.5-5min, and then Au nanoparticles or Ag nanoparticles can be formed on the patterned substrate, more preferably, the evaporation current is 120A, and the vacuum is 1 × 10-4Pa, in N2Under the protective atmosphere, the temperature is rapidly raised to 800 ℃, and the annealing time is 1 min.
Preferably, in step 1), the specific method for forming the metal nanoparticles is as follows: placing the patterned substrate In an MOCVD growth chamber, introducing an In metal organic substance or an Al metal organic substance at the temperature of 400-600 ℃ and the flow rate of 350-600sccm, laying an In thin film or an Al thin film, and then, keeping the vacuum degree to be more than 10-3Under the condition of Pa, rapidly heating to 750-1200 ℃, and annealing for 1-10min to form In nanoparticles or Al nanoparticles on the patterned substrate.
In the step 2), the AlN or AlGaN buffer layer is grown by using the metal nanoparticles as a mask according to a conventional process. The transverse epitaxial overgrowth of the buffer layer is improved, and the dislocation density is reduced, so that the purpose of improving the epitaxial effect is achieved.
Preferably, the In metallorganic is trimethyl indium or diethyl indium; the Al metal organic matter is trimethyl aluminum or diethyl aluminum.
Preferably, the thickness of the metal thin film is 6 to 30 nm. More preferably, the thickness of the metal thin film is 10 nm. The thickness of the buffer layer is 2-20 nm.
Preferably, the metal nanoparticles have a diameter of 2 to 6 nm.
Preferably, the patterned substrate is a patterned sapphire substrate.
The metal nano particle modified patterned substrate has the beneficial effects that the metal nano particle is used as a mask, the transverse epitaxial overgrowth of the buffer layer is improved, the dislocation density is reduced, the purpose of improving the epitaxial effect is achieved, the metal nano particle is beneficial to reducing the thickness of the buffer layer and reducing the production cost, the Au or Ag nano particle has good reflection characteristics on light, light emitted by the active layer and reflected by the L ED surface can be emitted, the light emitting efficiency of a L ED device is improved, the preparation method of the patterned substrate modified by the metal nano particle is simple, and the application range is wide.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a process for forming metal nanoparticles, wherein 11 is a patterned sapphire substrate and 12 is a metal nanoparticle.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of AlGaN buffer layer grown on a patterned sapphire substrate L ED decorated with metal nanoparticles, wherein 11 is the patterned sapphire substrate, 12 is the metal nanoparticles, and 13 is the buffer layer.
Fig. 3 is an X-ray rocking curve (XRC) for L ED epitaxial wafers, where (a) is the X-ray rocking curve (XRC) for L ED epitaxial wafers without metal nanoparticles of the prior art, and (b) is the X-ray rocking curve for L ED epitaxial wafers prepared in example 1.
Fig. 4 is a photoluminescence (P L) spectrum of L ED epitaxial wafers prepared in example 1.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a preparation method of a patterned substrate L ED modified by metal nanoparticles, which comprises the following steps:
1) forming a layer of metal film on the patterned substrate, rapidly heating to 750-1200 ℃, and annealing for 1-10min to form metal nanoparticles on the patterned substrate;
2) transferring the substrate to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing a buffer layer;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.
Preferably, the specific method of the metal nanoparticle form is to use an electron beam evaporation device to evaporate an Au thin film or an Ag thin film on the patterned substrate, wherein the evaporation current is 100-150A, and the vacuum is 1 × 10-6-1×10-3Pa, in N2Under the protective atmosphere, rapidly heating to 750-And 5-5min, forming Au nano particles or Ag nano particles on the patterned substrate.
Preferably, the specific method for the metal nanoparticle form is: placing the patterned substrate In an MOCVD growth chamber, introducing an In metal organic substance or an Al metal organic substance at the temperature of 400-600 ℃ and the flow rate of 350-600sccm, laying an In thin film or an Al thin film, and then, keeping the vacuum degree to be more than 10-3Under the condition of Pa, rapidly heating to 750-1200 ℃, and annealing for 1-10min to form In nanoparticles or Al nanoparticles on the patterned substrate.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a process for forming Ag metal nanoparticles, wherein 11 is a patterned sapphire substrate, and 12 is a metal nanoparticle; firstly, a layer of Ag metal film is deposited on a patterned sapphire substrate, and then N is deposited2And (3) under a protective atmosphere, performing high-temperature rapid annealing to obtain the Ag metal nanoparticles.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of AlGaN growing on a patterned sapphire substrate L ED modified by metal nanoparticles, 11 is the patterned sapphire substrate, 12 is the metal nanoparticles, and 13 is a buffer layer.
Example 1
A method for preparing a patterned substrate L ED decorated by metal nano-particles comprises the following steps:
1) evaporating an Ag film with a thickness of 10nm on the patterned sapphire substrate by using an electron beam evaporation device, wherein the evaporation current is 120A, and the vacuum is 1 × 10-4Pa, in N2Rapidly heating to 800 ℃ under the protective atmosphere, and annealing for 1min to form Ag nano particles with the diameter of 3nm on the patterned substrate;
2) transferring the AlGaN buffer layer to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing the AlGaN buffer layer with the thickness of 5 nm;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned sapphire substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.
FIG. 3 shows the X-ray rocking curves of L ED epitaxial wafers, where (a) is the X-ray rocking curve (XRC) of L ED epitaxial wafers without metal nanoparticles of the prior art and (b) is the X-ray rocking curve of L ED epitaxial wafers prepared in example 1 As shown in (b) of FIG. 3, the half-peak XRC width of L ED epitaxial wafers prepared in example 1 is 201arcsec, which is superior to L ED epitaxial wafers without Ag nanoparticles (244 arcsec c).
Fig. 4 is a P L spectrum of L ED epitaxial wafer prepared in example 1, which has strength 1.5-2 times higher than that of L ED epitaxial wafer without Ag nanoparticles, and light extraction efficiency is improved by 3-5%.
Example 2
A method for preparing a patterned substrate L ED decorated by metal nano-particles comprises the following steps:
1) evaporating an Au thin film with the thickness of 6nm on the patterned sapphire substrate by using electron beam evaporation equipment, wherein the evaporation current is 100A, and the vacuum is 1 × 10-3Pa, in N2Under the protective atmosphere, rapidly heating to 750 ℃, and annealing for 5min to form Au nanoparticles with the diameter of 2nm on the patterned substrate;
2) transferring the substrate to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing an AlN buffer layer with the thickness of 2 nm;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned sapphire substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.
Example 3
A method for preparing a patterned substrate L ED decorated by metal nano-particles comprises the following steps:
1) evaporating an Au thin film with the thickness of 15nm on the patterned sapphire substrate by using an electron beam evaporation device, wherein the evaporation current is 150A, and the vacuum is 1 × 10-5Pa, in N2Under the protective atmosphere, rapidly heating to 1000 ℃, and annealing for 2min to form Au nano particles with the diameter of 5nm on the patterned sapphire substrate;
2) transferring the substrate to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing an AlN buffer layer with the thickness of 8 nm;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned sapphire substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.
Example 4
A method for preparing a patterned substrate L ED decorated by metal nano-particles comprises the following steps:
1) placing the graphical sapphire substrate In an MOCVD growth chamber, introducing trimethyl indium at the temperature of 400 ℃ at the flow rate of 350sccm, laying an In film with the thickness of 12nm, and then, under the vacuum degree of more than 10-3Under the condition of Pa, rapidly heating to 900 ℃, and annealing for 1min to form In nano particles with the diameter of 3nm on the patterned substrate;
2) transferring the substrate to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing an AlN buffer layer with the thickness of 5 nm;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned sapphire substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.
Example 5
A method for preparing a patterned substrate L ED decorated by metal nano-particles comprises the following steps:
1) placing the graphical sapphire substrate in an MOCVD growth chamber, introducing trimethylaluminum at the temperature of 500 ℃ at the flow rate of 500sccm, laying an Al thin film with the thickness of 15nm, and then, under the vacuum degree of more than 10-3Under the condition of Pa, rapidly heating to 1000 ℃, and annealing for 5min to form Al nano particles with the diameter of 5nm on the patterned substrate;
2) transferring the AlGaN buffer layer to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing the AlGaN buffer layer with the thickness of 10 nm;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned sapphire substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.
Example 6
A method for preparing a patterned substrate L ED decorated by metal nano-particles comprises the following steps:
1) placing the graphical sapphire substrate in an MOCVD growth chamber, introducing diethyl aluminum at 600 ℃ at a flow rate of 600sccm, laying an Al thin film with the thickness of 20nm, and then, under the vacuum degree of more than 10-3Under the condition of Pa, quickly raising the temperature to 1200 ℃, and removingFiring for 8min to form Al nano particles with the diameter of 6nm on the patterned substrate;
2) transferring the substrate to an MOCVD growth chamber, and growing an AlN buffer layer with the thickness of 12 nm;
3) growing u-type GaN, n-type GaN, InGaN/GaN quantum well, AlGaN electron barrier layer and p-type GaN to obtain the patterned sapphire substrate L ED modified by the metal nanoparticles.