Disclosure of Invention
In view of the problems in the background art, it is an object of the present disclosure to provide a polishing liquid for germanium crystals and a method for preparing the same. The germanium crystal polished by the polishing solution has low wafer roughness, is not easy to scratch and has no pollution to the environment.
In order to achieve the above object, in a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a polishing liquid for germanium crystal, the polishing liquid mainly consisting of the following raw materials by weight: polishing agent: 20 to 80 percent; the organic solvent is: 10% -50%; pH value regulator: 1% -30%; the balance being deionized water.
In some embodiments, the polishing agent is at least one of silica, alumina, diamond dust.
In some embodiments, the polishing agent has a particle size of 0.1 to 5um and a concentration of 0.1 to 20 g/L.
In some embodiments, the organic solvent is propylene glycol.
In some embodiments, the organic solvent is 99% pure.
In some embodiments, the pH adjusting agent is citric acid.
In some embodiments, the pH adjuster is 99% pure.
In a second aspect of the present application, there is provided a method for preparing a polishing liquid for a germanium crystal, comprising the steps of: the method comprises the following steps: adding a polishing agent into deionized water, and adding an organic solvent under the stirring condition; step two: and (4) adding a pH additive into the step one, and uniformly stirring to obtain the polishing solution.
The beneficial effects of this disclosure are as follows:
the polishing solution for the germanium crystal does not contain an oxidant, does not contain heavy metal ions, and does not pollute the environment. The roughness of the polished wafer is low, the wafer is not easy to scratch, and the chemical reagent of the polishing solution is simple, so the polishing solution is an ideal polishing solution material.
Detailed Description
The polishing liquid for germanium crystals according to the first aspect of the present application, which consists essentially of the following raw materials in% by weight, is explained in detail below: polishing agent: 20 to 80 percent; the organic solvent is: 10% -50%; pH value regulator: 1% -30%; the balance being deionized water.
In the polishing solution raw material for germanium crystals according to the first aspect of the present application, a polishing agent plays a role in polishing the surface of the germanium crystals, the content of the polishing agent ranges from 20% to 80%, the surface of the germanium crystals can be scratched by an excessive content of the polishing agent, and mechanical removal can be reduced by an insufficient content of the polishing agent, so that the polishing efficiency is reduced. The content of the organic solvent is 10-50%, the polishing efficiency is reduced when the content of the organic solvent is too high, and the surface of the germanium crystal is scratched when the content of the organic solvent is too low. The content range of the pH value regulator is 1-30%, the excessive content of the pH value regulator can cause the over-strong acidity and alkalinity and excessively corrode the surface of the polished crystal, the excessive content of the pH value regulator has no auxiliary effect on polishing, and the removal rate is reduced.
In some embodiments, the polishing agent is selected from at least one of silica, alumina, diamond dust.
In some embodiments, the polishing agent particle size is 0.1um to 5 um. The removal rate and the polishing efficiency are reduced when the particle size of the polishing agent is too small; the polishing agent with too large particle size can scratch the surface of the germanium crystal and has too deep scratches.
In some embodiments, the polishing agent has a concentration of 0.1g/L to 20 g/L. The concentration of the polishing agent is more than 20g/L, so that the surface of the germanium crystal can be scratched; when the concentration of the polishing agent is less than 0.1g/L, the removal rate is lowered, and the polishing efficiency is lowered.
In some embodiments, the organic solvent is propylene glycol. The propylene glycol can prevent the suspension from precipitating, improve the stability of the polishing solution and disperse the polishing particles.
In some embodiments, the organic solvent and the pH adjusting agent are both 99% pure. When the purity of the organic solvent and the pH regulator is lower than 99%, many impurities exist, and the polishing effect is influenced.
In some embodiments, the pH adjusting agent is citric acid. The citric acid is weak acid, can not cause serious corrosion to the surface of the crystal, and can effectively improve the quality of the polished surface by matching with the polishing solution.
Next, a description will be given of a method for producing a polishing liquid for a germanium crystal according to a second aspect of the present application, for producing the polishing liquid for a germanium crystal according to the second aspect of the present application, comprising the steps of: step one, adding a polishing agent into an organic solvent under the condition of stirring; and step two, adding the pH additive into the step one, and uniformly stirring to obtain the polishing solution.
In the method for preparing a polishing solution for germanium crystals according to the second aspect of the present application, the addition of the organic solvent under stirring in the first step facilitates better dispersion of the polishing agent in the organic solvent.
The present application is further illustrated below with reference to examples. It should be understood that these examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application.
Example 1
The polishing solution for germanium crystals in the embodiment comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight:
the content of the diamond powder with the granularity of 0.1um and the concentration of 0.1g/L is 80 percent by weight; propylene glycol content of 99% purity is 10% wt; the citric acid content with the purity of 99 percent is 1 percent by weight; the balance of deionized water;
the preparation method of the polishing solution for the germanium crystal comprises the following steps:
step one, adding deionized water into diamond powder, and adding propylene glycol under the condition of stirring; and step two, continuously adding the citric acid with the good proportion, and uniformly stirring to obtain the chemical mechanical polishing solution.
Example 2
The polishing solution for germanium crystals in the embodiment comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight:
the content of the diamond powder with the granularity of 0.3um and the concentration of 0.5g/L is 40 percent by weight; propylene glycol content of 99% purity is 50% wt; the citric acid content with a purity of 99% is 2% wt; the balance of deionized water;
the preparation method of the polishing solution for the germanium crystal comprises the following steps:
step one, adding deionized water into diamond powder, and adding propylene glycol under the condition of stirring; and step two, continuously adding the citric acid, and uniformly stirring to obtain the chemical mechanical polishing solution.
Example 3
The polishing solution for germanium crystals in the embodiment comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight:
the content of the diamond powder with the granularity of 5um and the concentration of 20g/L is 20 percent by weight; propylene glycol content of 99% purity is 10% wt; the citric acid content with the purity of 99 percent is 10 percent by weight; the balance of deionized water;
the preparation method of the polishing solution for the germanium crystal comprises the following steps:
adding propylene glycol into abrasive diamond powder under the condition of adding deionized water and stirring; and step two, continuously adding the citric acid with the good proportion, and uniformly stirring to obtain the chemical mechanical polishing solution.
Comparative example 1
The polishing solution for germanium crystals in the embodiment comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight:
the content of the diamond powder with the granularity of 0.1um and the concentration of 0.1g/L is 80 percent by weight; the content of the fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether with the purity of 99 percent is 10 percent by weight; the citric acid content with the purity of 99 percent is 1 percent by weight; the balance of deionized water;
the preparation method of the polishing solution for the germanium crystal comprises the following steps:
adding the fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether into the diamond powder under the condition of adding deionized water and stirring; and step two, continuously adding the citric acid with the good proportion, and uniformly stirring to obtain the chemical mechanical polishing solution.
Comparative example 2
The polishing solution for germanium crystals in the embodiment comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight:
the content of the diamond powder with the granularity of 0.1um and the concentration of 0.1g/L is 80 percent by weight; the content of the fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether with the purity of 99 percent is 10 percent by weight; the content of hydrochloric acid with the purity of 99 percent is 1 percent by weight; the balance of deionized water;
the preparation method of the polishing solution for the germanium crystal comprises the following steps:
step one, adding deionized water into diamond powder, and adding propylene glycol under the condition of stirring; and step two, continuously adding the proportioned hydrochloric acid, and after uniformly stirring, reducing the polishing efficiency and increasing the size of surface scratches due to the fact that the mechanical friction action occupies a dominant position because the electrochemical reaction, the oxidation of the surface of the wafer and the etching action are weakened.
The polishing solutions of examples 1-3 and comparative examples 1-2 were used to polish flat germanium single crystal wafers 12.6mm in diameter and 2.3mm in thickness. The results are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 test results
Group of
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Surface roughness (Ra, unit nm)
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Comparative example 1
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27.216
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Comparative example 2
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25.826
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Example 1
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0.516
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Example 2
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0.402
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Example 3
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0.624 |
From the above results, it can be seen from example 1 and comparative example 1 that when the organic solvent in comparative example 1 was replaced with fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, the surface roughness thereof was much greater than that of example 1. It can be seen from example 1 and comparative example 2 that the surface roughness of the germanium single crystal was much greater than that of example 2 of the present application when the pH adjuster in comparative example 2 was replaced with hydrochloric acid.