EP3475471A1 - Structure de nucleation adaptee a la croissance epitaxiale d'elements semiconducteurs tridimensionnels - Google Patents
Structure de nucleation adaptee a la croissance epitaxiale d'elements semiconducteurs tridimensionnelsInfo
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- the field of the invention is that of optoelectronic devices comprising three-dimensional semiconductor elements, such as nanowires or microwires, and concerns in particular a nucleation structure comprising at least one nucleation portion, in a material comprising a metal of transition, adapted to the epitaxial growth of such a three-dimensional element.
- optoelectronic devices comprising three-dimensional semiconductor elements, of the nanowire or microfilter type, for example forming a portion of light-emitting diodes.
- the nanowires or microwires may thus form a first doped portion, for example of the n-type, a portion of which is covered by an active zone comprising for example at least one quantum well, and by a second doped portion of the opposite conductivity type, for example type p.
- the nanowires or microwires may be made in a so-called axial configuration, in which the active zone and the second p-doped portion extend essentially in the extension of the first n-doped portion, along a longitudinal axis of epitaxial growth, without surround the periphery of the latter. They may also be made in a core / shell configuration, also referred to herein as a radial configuration, in which the active zone and the second p-doped portion surround the periphery of at least a portion of the first n-doped portion.
- the nucleation of the son, as well as their epitaxial growth, can be carried out from a nucleation portion, for example aluminum nitride AlN or transition metal nitride, which is based on a semiconductor substrate, by example in crystalline silicon.
- a nucleation portion for example aluminum nitride AlN or transition metal nitride, which is based on a semiconductor substrate, by example in crystalline silicon.
- WO2011 / 162715 describes an exemplary nucleating portion of titanium nitride.
- This nucleation layer may be deposited by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD), or at atmospheric pressure (APCVD, for Atmospheric-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition, in English).
- LPCVD low-pressure chemical vapor deposition
- APCVD atmospheric pressure
- nucleation nucleation structure for example transition metal nitride, adapted to the nucleation and epitaxial growth of three-dimensional semiconductor elements, which allows to improve the homogeneity of the optical and / or electronic properties of said three-dimensional semiconductor elements.
- the object of the invention is to remedy at least in part the drawbacks of the prior art, and more particularly to propose a nucleation layer nucleation structure, in a material comprising a transition metal, suitable for nucleation. and the epitaxial growth of three-dimensional semiconductor elements whose optical and / or electronic properties have improved homogeneity.
- the object of the invention is a nucleation structure adapted to the epitaxial growth of three-dimensional semiconductor elements, comprising a substrate comprising a monocrystalline material forming a so-called growth surface on which a plurality of portions of nucleation of a material comprising a transition metal.
- each intermediate portion being in a crystalline material said intermediate epitaxially grown from said growth surface and defining a so-called upper intermediate surface, opposite to the growth surface; each nucleation portion being of a material comprising a transition metal forming a nucleation crystalline material, epitaxially grown from the upper intermediate surface, and defining a so-called nucleation surface, opposite to the upper intermediate surface and adapted for epitaxial growth of a three-dimensional semiconductor element.
- the intermediate crystalline material is epitaxially grown from the growth surface. It thus has an alignment of the crystallographic orientations of its crystal lattice in at least one direction in the plane of the material and at least one direction orthogonal to the plane of the material with those of the crystal lattice of the crystalline material of the substrate.
- the plane of the material is here the growth plane of the intermediate crystalline material.
- the crystalline nucleating material is epitaxially grown from the upper intermediate surface. It thus has an alignment of the crystallographic orientations of its crystal lattice in at least one direction in the plane of the material and at least one direction orthogonal to the plane of the material with those of the crystal lattice of the intermediate material.
- the plane of the material is here the growth plane of the crystalline nucleation material.
- the intermediate portions are all epitaxially grown from the same growth surface which is formed by a monocrystalline material, they all have the same crystallographic orientations, in all points of the upper intermediate surfaces, and an intermediate portion to another. It is the same for the nucleation portions, which also have all the same crystallographic orientations, at all points nucleation surfaces, and from one nucleation portion to another.
- the intermediate portions may form separate pads from each other, and the nucleation portions may be at least partly bordered by and in contact with so-called injection portions, of a material comprising a transition metal, which lie in contact on the growth surface.
- injection portions insofar as they are formed from the growth surface and not from an upper intermediate surface, are then textured and not epitaxially grown. They thus have a single preferred crystallographic orientation in a direction orthogonal to the plane of its material.
- the plane of its material is here the plane of growth of the material of the injection portion, here parallel to the plane of the substrate.
- the intermediate material may be chosen from aluminum nitride, III-V compounds and oxides of aluminum, titanium, hafnium, magnesium and zirconium, and may have a hexagonal crystalline structure, with cubic faces. centered or orthorhombic.
- the nucleating material may be chosen from titanium, vanadium, chromium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum and tungsten, or from a nitride or a titanium carbide, vanadium , chromium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum and tungsten, and may have a hexagonal or cubic crystal structure face-centered.
- the monocrystalline material of the substrate may be selected from a III-V compound, a II-VI compound or an IV element or compound, and may have a hexagonal or cubic face-centered crystalline structure.
- the substrate material may be electrically conductive.
- the nucleation structure may comprise at least a so-called lower injection portion of a material comprising a transition metal, disposed in contact with the growth surface and covered by an injection portion formed integrally and in the same material with the nucleation portion.
- the lower injection portion insofar as it is formed from the growth surface and not from an upper intermediate surface, is textured and not epitaxial. It thus has a single preferred crystallographic orientation in a direction orthogonal to the plane of its material.
- the plane of its material is here the plane of growth of the material of the lower injection portion, here parallel to the plane of the substrate.
- the nucleation structure may comprise at least one so-called upper injection portion of a material comprising a transition metal, disposed in contact with the nucleation portion and partially covering the nucleation surface.
- the invention also relates to an optoelectronic device, comprising said nucleation structure according to any one of the preceding characteristics, and a plurality of three-dimensional semiconductor elements each epitaxially grown from a respective nucleation surface.
- the three-dimensional semiconductor elements thus have an alignment of the crystallographic orientations of their crystal lattice with those of the crystal lattice of the nucleating material in at least one direction in the plane of the material and at least one direction orthogonal to the plane of the material.
- the plane of the material is the plane of growth of the material of the three-dimensional semiconductor elements.
- the three-dimensional semiconductor elements also have the same crystallographic orientations. a three-dimensional element to another.
- Each three-dimensional semiconductor element may be made of a semiconductor material selected from a compound III-V, a compound II-VI, an element or compound IV.
- each three-dimensional semiconductor element may comprise mainly a compound III-V formed of a first element of column III and a second element of column V, the three-dimensional semiconductor elements having a polarity of the first element. .
- the invention also relates to a method for producing the nucleation structure according to any one of the preceding characteristics, comprising a stage of epitaxial growth of the nucleating portions by cathodic sputtering at a growth temperature of between room temperature. and 500 ° C.
- the method may comprise a step of forming at least one so-called upper injection portion disposed in contact with the nucleation portion and partially covering the nucleation surface, comprising the substeps of:
- the method may comprise a step of crystallization annealing of the nucleation portions at a temperature of between 600 ° C. and 1200 ° C.
- the invention also relates to a method for producing an optoelectronic device according to any one of the preceding features, comprising:
- the nucleation surfaces may not be subjected, at the same time, to a higher annealing temperature. or 800 ° C and an ammonia flow.
- FIGS. 1A and 1B are partial and schematic cross-sectional views of a nucleation structure according to an embodiment (FIG. 1A) and of an optoelectronic device with light-emitting diodes (FIG. 1B) comprising the structure of FIG. nucleation illustrated in fig.lA;
- FIGS. 2A and 2B are respectively perspective and top views, exploded, of the growth and nucleation surfaces in the absence of an intermediate portion
- FIG. 2C is a perspective view of son epitaxially grown from the surface.
- nucleation Figs. 3A and 3B are respectively exploded perspective and top views of the growth surface, the upper intermediate surface and the nucleation surface (arranged from bottom to bottom)
- Fig. 3C is a perspective view of son grown epitaxially from the nucleation surface;
- Figures 4A to 4F are partial and schematic views, in cross-section, of different variants of the nucleation structure.
- the invention relates to a nucleation structure adapted to nucleation and epitaxial growth of three-dimensional semiconductor elements for forming light-emitting diodes or photodiodes.
- the three-dimensional semiconductor elements may have an elongated shape along a longitudinal axis ⁇ , that is to say whose longitudinal dimension along the longitudinal axis ⁇ is greater than the transverse dimensions.
- the three-dimensional elements are then called "wires", “nanowires” or “microfilts".
- the transverse dimensions of the wires that is to say their dimensions in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis ⁇ , can be between 10 nm and ⁇ , for example between 100 nm and ⁇ , and preferably between 100 nm and 5 ⁇ .
- the height of the wires that is to say their longitudinal dimension along the longitudinal axis ⁇ , is greater than the transverse dimensions, for example 2 times, 5 times and preferably at least 10 times greater.
- the cross section of the son in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis ⁇ , may have different shapes, for example a circular shape, oval, polygonal for example triangular, square, rectangular or hexagonal.
- the diameter is defined here as a quantity associated with the perimeter of the wire at a cross-section. It can be the diameter of a disc having the same surface as the cross section of the wire.
- the local diameter is the diameter of the wire at a given height thereof along the longitudinal axis ⁇ .
- the average diameter is the average, for example arithmetic, of local diameters along the wire or a portion thereof.
- the nucleation structure comprises a plurality of stacks which rest on a growth surface defined by the same monocrystalline material of a substrate, each stack being formed of a nucleation portion of a material comprising an epitaxial transition metal. from an intermediate portion of a crystalline material, which is also epitaxially grown from the growth surface of the substrate.
- epitaxial is meant that the crystalline material epitaxial comprises a crystal lattice, or crystal structure, in epitaxial relationship with that of the nucleating material from which it is epitaxially grown.
- epitaxial relation it is meant that the epitaxial material has an alignment of the crystallographic orientations of its crystal lattice, in at least one direction in the plane of the material and at least one direction orthogonal to the plane of the material, with those of the crystalline lattice of the material. nucleation material.
- the plane of the epitaxial material is here a plane of growth of the material, parallel to the nucleation surface.
- the alignment is preferably performed to 30 ° or even 10 °.
- a crystalline material monocrystalline or polycrystalline, has a crystal lattice whose elementary mesh is defined in particular by a set of crystallographic axes, or primitive vectors, noted below, by way of illustration, a, b , c (the elementary cell can however be defined from more than three crystallographic axes, especially when the crystal lattice is of hexagonal type).
- the crystalline material may have different types of structure, for example of the cubic face-centered type whose direction of growth is for example oriented in the direction [111] (or ⁇ 111> if we consider the whole family of directions) or of the hexagonal type oriented for example in the direction [ 0001].
- polycrystalline material is meant a material formed of several crystals separated from each other by grain boundaries.
- the epitaxial relationship between these two crystalline materials results in the fact that at least one crystallographic axis of the crystal lattice of the epitaxial material, oriented in the plane of the epitaxial material, for example a e and / or b e , and at least one crystallographic axis oriented orthogonal to the plane, for example c e , are respectively substantially parallel to the crystallographic axes a n and / or b n , and c n of the crystal lattice of the nucleation material.
- the axes a n , b n , c n are respectively substantially parallel to each other at any point on the surface of the invention.
- nucleation in other words the axes a n are substantially parallel to each other at any point on the nucleation surface, as are the axes b n , c n . Consequently, in a plane of the epitaxial material parallel to the nucleation surface, the crystallographic axes a e , b e , c e of the epitaxial material are respectively substantially parallel to each other.
- An epitaxial material is a special case of so-called textured materials in the sense that the textured materials have a preferential crystallographic direction orientated orthogonally to the plane of the material, but do not have a preferential crystallographic direction oriented in the plane of the material. Moreover, the preferential crystallographic direction orthogonal to the plane of the textured material is not, or only slightly, dependent on the crystalline properties of the nucleating material.
- a textured material has a single preferred crystallographic direction, for example that of the axis c and not three preferred directions.
- the network of the textured material then has a polycrystalline structure whose different crystalline domains, separated by grain boundaries, are all oriented along the same crystallographic axis c privileged. On the other hand, they do not present parallel relations between them in the growth plan.
- the axes c of the crystalline domains are parallel to each other but the axes a, like the axes b, are not parallel to each other and are oriented in a substantially random manner.
- This preferred crystallographic direction is not, or is not, dependent on the crystalline properties of the nucleating material.
- Figure 1A is a schematic cross-sectional view of a nucleation structure 10 according to one embodiment.
- a three-dimensional direct reference ( ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ) is defined here, in which the X and Y axes form a plane parallel to the main plane of the substrate 11, and where the Z axis is oriented substantially orthogonal to the plane of the substrate 11.
- the terms “vertical” and “vertically” are understood to relate to an orientation substantially parallel to the Z axis, and the terms “horizontal” and “Horizontally” as being relative to an orientation substantially parallel to the plane (X, Y).
- the terms “lower” and “higher” are understood to relate to an increasing position when moving away from the substrate 11 in the + Z direction.
- the nucleation structure 10 comprises:
- intermediate portions 14 made of a material said intermediate epitaxially grown from the growth surface 13 of the substrate 11, and having an opposite surface called said upper intermediate surface 15;
- nucleation portions 16 made of a material comprising a transition metal epitaxially grown from the upper intermediate surface 15, and each having an opposite surface, said nucleation surface 17.
- the substrate 11 has an upper face, at least a portion of which forms a growth surface 13, the latter being the surface from which the wires are intended to be formed. It can be a one-piece structure, or be formed of a stack of layers such as a substrate 11 of the SOI type (for Silicon On Insulator).
- the growth material comprises a monocrystalline growth material at least at the level of the growth surface 13.
- the growth material is formed of a single crystal and therefore does not comprise several crystals. separated from each other by grain boundaries.
- the crystal lattice of the monocrystalline material has a unit cell defined in particular by its crystallographic axes noted here, for purely illustrative purposes, a s , b s , c s .
- the crystallographic axes a s , b s , c s are respectively substantially parallel to each other at any point on the growth surface 13.
- the crystallographic axes a s are substantially parallel to each other at any point on the growth surface 13.
- the crystallographic axes b s and c s respectively .
- the growth material has crystallographic properties, in terms of mesh size and type of structure, adapted to the epitaxial growth of a crystalline material of the intermediate portion 14.
- it preferably has a crystalline structure of cubic type centered faces oriented in the direction [111] or a crystalline structure of hexagonal type oriented in the direction [0001].
- the growth material may be a monocrystalline semiconductor material, which may be chosen from the compounds III-V comprising at least one element of column III and at least one element of column V of the periodic table, the compounds II- VI or elements or compounds IV.
- it may be silicon, germanium, silicon carbide.
- It is advantageously electrically conductive and advantageously has an electrical resistivity close to that of metals, preferably less than or equal to a few mohm.cm.
- the material of the substrate 11 can be strongly doped, for example with a dopant concentration of between 5.10 16 atoms / cm 3 and 2.10 20 atoms / cm 3 .
- the growth material of the substrate 11 is highly n-type monocrystalline silicon of crystalline structure of cubic type with centered faces whose growth plan is oriented in the [111] direction, and whose lattice parameter a s is about 3,84 ⁇ .
- the nucleation structure 10 comprises a plurality of intermediate portions 14.
- Each intermediate portion 14 is epitaxially grown from the growth surface 13. More specifically, it is made of a crystalline material, said intermediate, epitaxially grown from the growth surface 13.
- the intermediate material defines an opposite surface said upper intermediate surface 15.
- the intermediate material comprises a crystal lattice in epitaxial relationship with that of the growth material.
- the crystal lattice of the intermediate material has an elementary mesh defined in particular by its crystallographic axes noted here, for purely illustrative purposes, a ,, b ,, q.
- the crystal lattice thus has an alignment of at least one crystallographic axis a ,, b, oriented in the plane of the material and at least one crystallographic axis q oriented orthogonal to the plane of the material, with the crystallographic axes a s , b s and c s of the growth material, respectively.
- each crystallographic axis a ,, b ,, q is substantially identical at every point on the intermediate surface.
- the crystallographic axes a are substantially identical, that is to say mutually parallel, at any point of the upper intermediate surface 15, just as, respectively, the crystallographic axes b, and q.
- the intermediate material has crystallographic properties, in terms of mesh parameter and crystalline structure type, such that it is adapted to be epitaxially grown from the growth material of the substrate 11. It is also adapted to allow the epitaxial growth of the nucleation portion 16 of a material having a transition metal from the upper intermediate surface 15. It preferably has a mesh parameter such that the mesh mismatch with the growth material is less than or equal to 20%.
- the type of the crystalline structure is such that its crystallographic axes a ,, b ,, q can be respectively parallel to the axes a s , b s , c s of the growth material.
- the crystalline structure may be of cubic face-centered type, oriented in the [111] direction, or of hexagonal type oriented in the [0001] direction, or even of the orthorhombic type oriented in the [111] direction.
- the intermediate material may be a material chosen from compounds II IV such as aluminum nitride AlN, gallium nitride GaN, aluminum nitride and gallium AlGaN, compounds IV-V such as nitride. SiN silicon, II-VI compounds such as ZnO, or IV elements or compounds such as SiC. It can also be a material selected from magnesium oxide MgO, Hf0 2 hafnium, zirconium, Zr0 2, Ti0 2 titanium, or aluminum Al 2 U3. It can also be a magnesium nitride, for example Mg 3 N 2 . It is advantageously electrically conductive.
- the intermediate material is aluminum nitride AlN, with a mesh size of about 3.11, and a hexagonal type crystalline structure whose growth plane is oriented in the [0001] direction.
- the intermediate portions 14 are here pads distinct from each other. Alternatively, they may be areas of the same continuous layer made of the same intermediate crystalline material.
- layer is meant an extent of a crystalline material whose thickness along the Z axis is less, for example ten times or even twenty times, to its longitudinal dimensions of width and length in the plane (X, Y).
- plot we means a volume of a crystalline material whose thickness is less than, equal to or greater than its longitudinal dimensions of width and length, and whose longitudinal dimensions are smaller than those of a layer.
- the intermediate portions 14 have an average dimension, in the plane (X, Y), between a few tens of nanometers and a few microns, for example between 20 nm and 20 ⁇ m, preferably between 200 nm and ⁇ ⁇ m, and preferably between 800nm and 5 ⁇ , for example of the order of ⁇ or 1.5 ⁇ . It is advantageously greater than the local diameter of the wire at the interface with the nucleation portion 16. They also have a thickness of the order of a few nanometers to a few hundred nanometers, for example between 5 nm and 500 nm, preferably between 10 nm and 100 nm, for example of the order of 20 nm.
- the nucleation structure 10 comprises a plurality of nucleation portions 16.
- Each nucleation portion 16 is intended to allow the nucleation and the epitaxial growth of at least one wire, and preferably a single wire.
- Each nucleation portion 16 is epitaxially grown from the upper intermediate surface 15. More specifically, it is made of a crystalline nucleation material, epitaxially grown from the upper intermediate surface 15. It forms a so-called nucleation surface. opposed to the upper intermediate surface 15.
- the nucleating material comprises a crystal lattice in epitaxial relationship with that of the intermediate material.
- the crystal lattice of the nucleating material has an elementary cell defined in particular by its crystallographic axes noted here, for purely illustrative purposes, a n , b n , c n .
- the crystal lattice thus has an alignment of at least one crystallographic axis a n , b n oriented in the plane of the material and at least one crystallographic axis c n oriented orthogonal to the plane of the material, with the crystallographic axes a, , b ,, and q, of the intermediate material, respectively, at the level of the upper intermediate surface 15.
- each crystallographic axis a n is substantially parallel, at any point on the nucleation surface 17, to the crystallographic axis a, of the upper intermediate surface 15, as well as the crystallographic axes b n and c n relative to the crystallographic axes b, and q.
- each crystallographic axis a n , b n , c n is identical at all points on the nucleation surface 17.
- the crystallographic axes a n are identical, that is to say, parallel to each other, at any point on the nucleation surface 17, just as, respectively, the crystallographic axes b n and c n .
- the nucleating material has crystallographic properties, in terms of mesh parameter and type of structure, such that it can be epitaxially grown from the intermediate material. It is further adapted to the epitaxial growth, from the nucleation surface 17, of a wire. Preferably, it thus has a mesh parameter such that the mismatch with the intermediate material is less than or equal to 20%.
- the type of the crystalline structure is such that its crystallographic axes a n , b n , c n can be respectively parallel to the axes a ,, b ,, q of the intermediate material.
- the crystalline structure may be of cubic face-centered type, oriented in the direction [111] or hexagonal type oriented in the direction [0001], or orthorhombic type oriented in the direction [111].
- the nucleating material comprises a transition metal, that is to say it may be a transition metal or a compound comprising a transition metal, for example a nitride or a carbide of a transition metal. Transition metals, and their nitrides and carbides, have the advantage of good electrical conductivity, close to that of metals.
- the nucleating material may be chosen from titanium Ti, zirconium Zr, hafnium Hf, vanadium V, niobium Nb, tantalum Ta, chromium Cr, molybdenum Mo and tungsten W, a nitride of these TiN elements , ZrN, HfN, VN, NbN, TaN, CrN, MoN, or WN, or a carbide of these elements TiC, ZrC, HfC, VC, NbC, TaC, CrC, MoC, WC. Transition metal nitrides and carbides may have a transition metal atomic proportion of other than 50%.
- the nucleating material is selected from titanium nitride TiN, zirconium ZrN, hafnium HfN, vanadium VN, niobium NbN, tantalum TaN, chromium CrN, molybdenum MoN or tungsten WN, or a titanium carbide TiN, zirconium ZrN, hafnium HfN, vanadium VN, niobium NbN, or tantalum TaN.
- the nucleating material is selected from titanium nitride or carbide TiN, TiC, zirconium ZrN, ZrC, hafnium HfN, HfC, vanadium VN, VC, niobium NbN, NbC, or tantalum TaN, TaC.
- the nucleating material is selected from titanium nitride TiN, zirconium ZrN, hafnium HfN, niobium NbN, or tantalum TaN.
- the nucleating material is chosen from an HfN hafnium nitride or a NbN niobium.
- the nucleation portions 16 have a mean dimension, in the plane (X, Y), of between a few tens of nanometers and a few microns, for example between 20 nm and 20 ⁇ m, preferably between 200 nm and ⁇ ⁇ m, and preferably between 800nm and 5 ⁇ , for example of the order of ⁇ or 3 ⁇ . It is advantageously greater than the local diameter of the wire at the interface with the nucleation portion 16. They also have a thickness of the order of a few nanometers to a few hundred nanometers, for example between 5nm and 500nm, preferably between 10nm and 100nm, for example of the order of 20nm.
- the nucleation portions 16 are here areas of the same continuous layer made of the same nucleating crystalline material. Alternatively, the nucleation portions 16 may be pads distinct from each other.
- the nucleation portions 16 are here in contact with the intermediate portions 14 and cover them at the level of the upper intermediate surface 15.
- the continuous layer further comprises so-called injection portions 20 in contact with the surface of the growth 13 of the substrate 11.
- the injection portions 20 are in contact with the nucleation portions 16.
- each injection portion 20 is in contact with the neighboring nucleation portions 16.
- each nucleation portion 16 may be in contact with an injection portion 20, for example peripheral, in contact with the growth surface 13, without these portions belong to the same continuous layer.
- This configuration of the nucleation portions 16 in contact with the injection portions 20 is particularly advantageous when the intermediate material is electrically insulating, or has a band gap energy greater than that of the nucleation material.
- the charge carriers can be injected into the nucleation portions 16 from the substrate 11 via the injection portions 20. This is particularly the case when the substrate 11 is made of silicon, preferably heavily doped, and when the intermediate portions 14 are in AIN.
- the nucleation structure 10 may further comprise a dielectric layer which covers the nucleation surface 16, and forms a growth mask 18 allowing the epitaxial growth of the son from openings 19 opening locally on the nucleation surfaces.
- the dielectric layer is composed of an electrically insulating material such as, for example, a silicon oxide (for example SiO 2 ) or a silicon nitride (for example Si 3 N 4 or SiN), or even a silicon oxynitride, an oxide of aluminum or hafnium oxide.
- the nucleation structure 10 may also comprise a first polarization electrode 3A in contact with the substrate 11, here electrically conductive, for example at its rear face. It can be made of aluminum or any other suitable material.
- FIG. 1B is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of an optoelectronic device 1 with light-emitting diodes 2 here in a radial configuration, comprising a nucleation structure 10 from which three-dimensional semiconductor elements are formed by epitaxial growth; wires, light-emitting diodes 2.
- Each light-emitting diode 2 comprises a first three-dimensional semiconductor element, here a wire, which extends from the nucleation portion.
- Each diode 2 further comprises an active zone 32 and a second doped portion 33, and a second layer polarization electrode 3B, in contact with the second doped portion 33.
- the wire rests on the substrate 11 and is in contact with the nucleation portion 16. It extends along the longitudinal axis ⁇ and forms the heart of the light emitting diode 2 heart / shell configuration.
- the yarn is made of a crystalline material epitaxially grown from the nucleation surface
- the yarn material has a crystal lattice in epitaxial relationship with that of the nucleation material.
- the crystal lattice of the yarn material has an elementary mesh defined in particular by its crystallographic axes noted here, for purely illustrative purposes, af, bf, Cf.
- the crystallographic axes af, bf, Cf of the yarn material are respectively substantially parallel to the crystallographic axes. a n , b n , c n of the nucleation material at the nucleation surface 17.
- the crystallographic axis af is parallel to the crystallographic axis a n of the nucleation surface 17.
- each crystallographic axis af, bf, Cf is identical from a thread to the other.
- the crystallographic axes af are identical, that is to say parallel to each other, from one wire to another. It is the same for the crystallographic axes b n and c n .
- the son have crystallographic properties, in terms of orientation and position of the crystal lattice, substantially identical.
- the optoelectronic device 1 thus has crystallographic properties that are substantially homogeneous at the level of the wires, which contributes to homogenizing the electrical and / or optical properties of the light-emitting diodes 2.
- the yarn material has crystallographic properties, in terms of mesh parameter and type of structure, such that it can be epitaxially grown from the nucleation material. It thus presents a mesh parameter such that the mesh mismatch with the nucleation material is less than or equal to 20%.
- the type of the crystalline structure is such that its crystallographic axes af, bf, Cf can be respectively parallel to the axes a n , b n , c n of the nucleation material.
- the crystalline structure may be of cubic face-centered type, oriented in the direction [111] or hexagonal type oriented in the direction [0001], or orthorhombic type oriented in the direction [111].
- the yarn material is made of a first semiconductor compound, which may be selected from the compounds III-V and in particular from the compounds III-N, from the compounds II-VI or from the compounds or elements IV.
- III-V compounds may be compounds such as GaN, InGaN, AIGaN, AlN, InN or AlInGaN, or even compounds such as AsGa or InP.
- Compounds II-VI can be CdTe, HgTe, CdHgTe, ZnO, ZnMgO, CdZnO, CdZnMgO.
- Elements or compounds IV may be Si, C, Ge, SiC, SiGe, GeC.
- the wire forms a first portion 31 doped according to a first type of conductivity, here of type n.
- the wire is n-type doped GaN, in particular with silicon. It has a crystalline structure of hexagonal type oriented in the direction [0001]. Its mesh parameter is approximately 3.189. It has here an average diameter between 10 nm and ⁇ , for example between 500 nm and 5 ⁇ m and is here substantially equal to 500 nm.
- the height of the wire may be between lOOnm and ⁇ , for example between 500nm and 5 ⁇ , and is here substantially equal to 5 ⁇ .
- the active zone 32 is the portion of the diode 2 at which the bulk of the light radiation of the diode 2 is emitted. It may comprise at least one quantum well made of a semiconductor compound having a band gap energy. less than those of the wire 31 and the second portion 33 doped. It covers here the upper edge and the lateral edge of the wire. It can comprise a single quantum well or a plurality of quantum wells in the form of layers or boxes interposed between barrier layers. Alternatively, the active area 32 may not have a quantum well. It may have a band gap energy substantially equal to that of the wire 31 and the second doped portion 33. It may be made of a semiconductor compound unintentionally doped.
- the second doped portion 33 forms a layer which covers and surrounds at least part of the active zone 32. It is made of a second doped semiconductor compound according to a second type of conductivity opposite to the first type, that is to say say here of type p.
- the second semiconductor compound may be identical to the first compound semiconductor of the wire, or may comprise the first semiconductor compound and further one or more additional elements.
- the second doped portion 33 may be GaN or InGaN, p-doped in particular with magnesium.
- the thickness of the second portion 33 doped may be between 20nm and 500nm, and may be equal to about 150nm.
- the conductivity types of the first and second portions 31, 33 can be reversed.
- the second doped portion 33 may further comprise an intermediate layer of electron blocking (not shown) located at the interface with the active zone 32.
- the electron blocking layer may here be formed of a compound ternary III-N, for example AIGaN or ⁇ ' ⁇ , advantageously doped p. It makes it possible to increase the rate of radiative recombinations in the active zone 32.
- a second polarization electrode 3B here covers the second doped portion 33 and is adapted to apply an electrical polarization to the diode 2. It is made of a material that is substantially transparent to the light radiation emitted by the diode 2, for example from the indium tin oxide (ITO for Indium Tin Oxide in English) or ZnO. It has a thickness of the order of a few nanometers to a few tens or hundreds of nanometers.
- ITO Indium Tin Oxide in English
- the diode 2 when a potential difference is applied to the diode 2 in a forward direction via the two polarization electrodes 3A, 3B, the diode 2 emits a light radiation whose emission spectrum has a peak. intensity at a given wavelength.
- the emission spectra are substantially homogeneous between the different diodes 2 insofar as, owing to the nucleation structure 10, the wires present substantially homogeneous crystallographic properties.
- FIG. 2A is a perspective and exploded view of a growth substrate 11 on which a nucleation portion 16 is formed directly from a material comprising a transition metal.
- FIG. 2B is a top view of the growth surface 13 and the nucleation surface 17.
- FIG. 2C is an example of son epitaxially grown from the nucleation surface 17.
- the substrate 11 comprises a monocrystalline material at the level of the growth surface 13, for example silicon having a face-centered cubic structure, oriented in the [111] direction.
- the material is monocrystalline, so that the crystallographic axes a s , b s , c s are respectively oriented in the same way at any point on the growth surface 13.
- the nucleation portion 16 of a material comprising a transition metal is formed by growth from the growth surface 13, for example by a method of the chemical vapor deposition type with organometallic precursors (MOCVD, for Metal- Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition, in English) or cathode sputtering type (sputtering, in English). It appears that the nucleating material is textured and not epitaxial. Also, it has a preferred direction orientated orthogonally to the plane of the material, namely here the crystallographic axis c n which is oriented identically at any point of the nucleation surface 17. In contrast, the crystallographic axes a n and b n are respectively not parallel at any point of the nucleation surface 17. The crystallographic axis c n is not, or is little dependent on the crystalline structure of the monocrystalline material of the substrate 11.
- MOCVD Metal- Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
- cathode sputtering type sputtering, in English. It
- the son here GaN epitaxially grown by MOCVD, all have the same direction of growth, the latter being substantially parallel to the crystallographic axis c n .
- the hexagonal shape of the wires is not oriented identically from one wire to the other, which reflects the fact that the crystallographic axes a f and b f are respectively not oriented identically from one thread to another.
- the yarns then have crystallographic properties that differ from one yarn to another, which can result in a certain inhomogeneity in the electrical and / or optical properties of the light-emitting diodes 2.
- FIG. 3A is a perspective and exploded view of a growth substrate 11 on which an intermediate portion 14 is epitaxially grown, and then a nucleation portion 16 epitaxially grown in a material comprising a transition metal.
- FIG. 3B is a top view of the growth surface 13, the upper intermediate surface 15 and the nucleation surface 17.
- FIG. 3C is an example of son epitaxially grown from the nucleation surface 17.
- the nucleation portions 16 of a material comprising a transition metal are epitaxial, and not only textured, when they are formed from an intermediate layer. epitaxially, and not directly from the monocrystalline growth surface 13 of the substrate 11.
- the substrate 11 comprises a monocrystalline material at the level of the growth surface 13, for example silicon having a face-centered cubic structure oriented in the [111] direction.
- the material is monocrystalline, so that the crystallographic axes a s , b s , c s are respectively oriented in the same way at any point on the growth surface 13.
- the intermediate portion 14 is formed by epitaxial growth from the growth surface 13, for example by MOCVD or cathode sputtering.
- the crystal lattice of the intermediate material then has crystallographic axes a ,, b ,, q respectively oriented in the same way at any point on the upper intermediate surface 15.
- the nucleation portions 16 of a material comprising a transition metal are then epitaxied and not just textured. Also, the crystallographic axes a n , b n , c n are respectively oriented in the same way at every point of the nucleation surface 17.
- the wires here in GaN epitaxially grown by MOCVD, all have the same direction of growth, the latter being substantially parallel to the crystallographic axis c n .
- the hexagonal shape of the son is here oriented identically for all the son, which reflects the fact that the crystallographic axes af and bf are respectively oriented identically from one wire to another.
- the yarns then have substantially identical crystallographic properties from one yarn to another, which can result in a better homogeneity of the electrical and / or optical properties of the light-emitting diodes 2.
- nucleation portions 16 are effectively epitaxial can be verified by means of an X-ray scanning pattern of the angle ⁇ , in order to identify the presence of a crystallographic alignment, at the level of the nucleation surface, crystalline domains (in the case of polycrystalline portions) or different areas of the surface (in the case of monocrystalline portions).
- the X-ray diffraction pattern along the axis ⁇ is carried out on a diffraction peak of an asymmetrical line, that is to say a line corresponding to a crystallographic direction which is not perpendicular. at the nucleation surface.
- the X-ray diffraction scan along the ⁇ axis can be performed in the following manner. Angles are 2 ⁇ and ⁇ are fixed in order to put the plans of interest in the diffraction position. The scanning is carried out according to the angle ⁇ , which can vary from 0 ° to 360 °. In the case of an epitaxial material, the crystalline domains have a preferential crystallographic orientation in the plane of the nucleation surface. The scanning at ⁇ then has several diffraction peaks.
- the number of diffraction peaks is related to the symmetry of the crystal in the plane.
- the crystalline domains do not have a preferential crystallographic orientation in the plane.
- the scanning at ⁇ does not have any diffraction peak.
- nucleation structure 10 is adapted to allow the nucleation and the epitaxial growth of son made of n-doped GaN by MOCVD.
- the growth substrate 11 is provided whose material is monocrystalline at least at the level of the growth surface 13.
- the substrate 11 is made of silicon whose structure is of cubic type. faces centered and is oriented in the direction [111]. Its mesh parameter in the plane of the growth surface 13 is of the order of 3.84.
- a plurality of intermediate portions 14 are formed in the form of pads distinct from each other epitaxially grown from the growth surface 13.
- the intermediate material is a crystalline material, which may be monocrystalline or polycrystalline, whose crystal lattice is in epitaxial relationship with that of the substrate 11.
- the intermediate material may be deposited by a chemical vapor deposition method (CVD) method, for example organometallic precursors (MOCVD, for Meta 1-0, Chemical Vapor Deposition). in English) or by a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) method, of the hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) type, epitaxial type (Hybrid Vapor Phase Epitaxy, in English). by atomic layer (ALE, for Atomic Layer Epitaxy, in English) or deposition by atomic layer (ALD, for Atomic Layer Deposition, in English), even by evaporation or sputtering, in English.
- CVD chemical vapor deposition method
- MOCVD organometallic precursors
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- HVPE hydride vapor phase epitaxy
- HVPE hydride vapor phase epitaxy
- ALD for Atomic Layer Deposition, in English
- the intermediate material is aluminum nitride, whose crystalline structure is of hexagonal type and is oriented in the direction [0001]. Its mesh parameter in the plane (X, Y) is of the order of 3.11.
- the intermediate layer has a thickness for example between 0.5 nm, or even lnm, and 100 nm, preferably between 2 nm and 50 nm, and may be equal to about 25 nm.
- the intermediate material is deposited by MOCVD.
- the nominal V / III ratio defined as the ratio between the molar flow of elements of column V on the molar flow of elements of column III, that is to say here the ratio N / Al, is included between 200 and 1000.
- the pressure is of the order of 75 torr.
- the growth temperature T measured at the level of the substrate 11, can be, by way of example, greater than or equal to 750 ° C for the nucleation phase and then of the order of 950 ° C for the growth phase.
- the lateral dimensions, in the plane (X, Y), of the intermediate portions 14 may be between 100 nm and ⁇ , for example ⁇ approximately.
- the crystallographic axes a ,, b ,, q of the intermediate material, at the level of the upper intermediate surface 15, are respectively parallel to the crystallographic axes a s , b s , c s . Since the growth material is monocrystalline, it follows that each crystallographic axis a ,, b ,, q is parallel at every point of the upper intermediate surface 15.
- the epitaxial growth of the nucleation portions 16 is carried out from the upper intermediate surface 15 of the intermediate portions 14.
- the intermediate portions 14 are zones of the same continuous layer.
- the nucleation layer may be formed by a sputter deposition technique, the growth temperature of which is advantageously between ambient temperature, for example 20 ° C., and 1000 ° C.
- the nucleation layer is also epitaxial when it is deposited by sputtering with a growth temperature of between room temperature, for example 20 ° C. and 500 ° C., for example a temperature substantially equal to 400 ° C. vs.
- the power can be of the order of 400W.
- the pressure can be of the order of 8.10 3 torr so as not to modify the crystallographic properties of the intermediate portions 14.
- the nucleating material comprises a transition metal, and can be, for example, a titanium nitride, zirconium , hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten.
- the nucleation portions 16 have a thickness, for example, of between 0.5 nm, or even 1 nm, and 100 nm, preferably between 2 nm and 50 nm, and may be equal to about 25 nm.
- nucleation layer of a material comprising a transition metal formed of nucleation portions 16 epitaxially grown from the upper intermediate surface 15, and injection portions 20 formed from the growth surface is obtained.
- Injection portions 20 are generally textured and not epitaxial without affecting the quality of the process.
- the crystallographic axes a n, b n, c n of the nucleating material at the nucleation surface 17, are parallel to the crystallographic axes a ,, bi, Ci at the intermediate upper surface 15 , and to the crystallographic axes a s , b s , c s at the level of the growth surface 13. Since the growth material is monocrystalline, it follows that each crystallographic axis has n , b n , c n is parallel in all respects However, each crystallographic axis b n , c n is not necessarily identical, that is to say parallel, at the level of the injection portions 20.
- a crystallization annealing step can be carried out so as to obtain a monocrystalline nucleating material.
- the annealing can be carried out at an annealing temperature substantially corresponding to the crystallization temperature of the nucleating material, namely about 1620 ° C. in the case of transition metal nitride.
- the crystallization of the nucleating material can also be obtained at an annealing temperature below the crystallization temperature, for example in a temperature range from 600 ° C. to 1620 ° C., preferably from 800 ° C. ° C and 1200 ° C, for example equal to about 1000 ° C.
- the annealing may be carried out for a duration for example greater than 1 min, preferably greater than 5 min, or even 10 min, for example 20 min. It can be carried out under a stream of nitrogen (N2) and ammonia (NH3).
- the pressure can be of the order of 75 torr.
- the method comprises an additional step of deposition of the growth mask 18.
- a layer of a dielectric material is deposited so as to cover the nucleation layer, then 19 through openings are formed.
- the dielectric material is, for example, a silicon oxide (for example SiO 2 ) or a silicon nitride (for example S13N4), or even a stack of two different dielectric materials. It can be etched selectively with respect to the material of the nucleation portions 16.
- the dielectric layer has a thickness, for example, between 50nm and 200nm, for example 100nm, and the lateral dimensions of the openings 19, in the plane (X, Y) are for example between 100nm and ⁇ , and may be equal to 500nm approximately.
- the lateral dimensions of the openings 19 are smaller than those of the nucleation portions 16, for example at least twice as small.
- a nucleation structure 10 as illustrated in FIG. 1A is obtained, which is adapted to allow nucleation and epitaxial growth of light emitting diode wires 2 as illustrated in FIG. 1B.
- the son is first formed by epitaxial growth from the nucleation surfaces, through the openings 19 of the growth mask 18.
- the growth temperature is brought to a first value Ti, for example between 950 ° C and 1100 ° C, and especially between 990 ° C and 1060 ° C.
- the nominal V / III ratio here the N / Ga ratio, has a first value (V / 11) i of between 10 and approximately 100, for example substantially equal to 30.
- the elements of group III and of group V are derived precursors injected into the epitaxial reactor, for example trimethylgallium (TMGa) or triethylgallium (TEGa) for gallium, and ammonia (NH3) for nitrogen.
- the ratio H2 / N2 has a first value (lh / IShh greater than or equal to 60/40, preferably greater than or equal to 70/30, or even more, for example substantially equal to 90/10, the pressure can be set at 100mbar. about.
- a first doped portion 31 which has a shape of a wire which extends along the longitudinal axis ⁇ from the nucleation surface 17.
- the first semiconductor compound of the first portion 31 doped with to know here the GaN, is doped of type n by silicon.
- the first n-doped portion 31 has here a height of about 5 ⁇ m and a mean diameter of about 500 nm.
- the formation of a dielectric layer covering the lateral edge of the first n-doped portion 31 may be performed simultaneously with the formation of the first doped portion 31, according to a method identical or similar to that described in document WO2012 / 136665.
- a precursor of an additional element for example silane (SiH 4 ) in the case of silicon, is injected with the precursors mentioned above, with a ratio of the molar flows of the gallium precursor on the silicon precursor preferably. between about 500 and 5000.
- a silicon nitride layer for example S13N4 of a thickness of the order of 1 nm, which covers the lateral edge of the first n-doped portion 31, here over its entire height.
- the active zone 32 is formed by epitaxial growth from the exposed surface of the wire, that is to say from the surface not covered by the lateral dielectric layer.
- a stack of barrier layers and at least one layer forming a quantum well is formed, said layers being alternated in the direction of epitaxial growth.
- the quantum well layers and the barrier layers can be made of InGaN, with different atomic proportions for quantum well layers and barrier layers.
- the barrier layers are made of ln x Ga (i- X ) N with x equal to about 18 atomic%
- the quantum well layers are also made of ln y Ga (i- y ) N, with y greater than x, for example of the order of 25 atomic%, so as to improve the quantum confinement of the charge carriers in the quantum wells.
- the formation of the barrier layers and quantum well layers can be carried out at a growth temperature value T3 substantially equal to the value T 2 , namely here 750 ° C.
- the ratio V / III has a value (V / III) 3 substantially equal to the value (V / 1 11) 2.
- the ratio H2 / N2 has a value substantially equal to the value (lh / ISh during the formation of the barrier layers and has a value substantially lower than the value (H 2 / N 2 ) 2 during the formation of the quantum well layers
- the pressure can remain unchanged, resulting in InGaN barrier layers with about 18 atomic% indium and InGaN quantum well layers with about 25 atomic% indium.
- the second p-doped portion 33 is formed by epitaxial growth so as to cover and surround at least part of the active zone 32.
- the growth temperature can be increased to a fourth value T 4 greater than the value T3, for example of the order of 885 ° C.
- the ratio V / III may be increased to a fourth value (V / III) 4 greater than the value (V / 11) 3, for example of the order of 4000.
- the ratio H2 / N2 is brought to a fourth value (lh / ⁇ h greater than the value (lh / ⁇ , for example of the order of 15/85)
- the pressure can be decreased to a value of the order of 300mbar.
- a second p-doped portion 33 is obtained, for example in p-type doped GaN or InGaN, which covers and surrounds here continuously the active area 32.
- the second p-doped portion 33 and the active area 32 thus form the shell. of the diode 2 of heart / shell configuration.
- the second biasing electrode 3B may be deposited so as to be in contact with at least a portion of the second p-doped portion 33.
- the second electrode 3B is made of an electrically conductive material and transparent to the light radiation emitted by the wires.
- an optoelectronic device 1 with wired 2 electroluminescent diodes having an improved homogeneity of the optical and / or electronic properties of the different diodes 2 is obtained.
- FIGS. 4A to 4C are partial schematic cross-sectional views of different variants of the nucleation structure 10 illustrated in FIG. 1A.
- each nucleation portion 16 comprises an injection portion 20, advantageously peripheral with respect to the nucleation portion 16, which borders the nucleation portion 16 and is in contact with the growth surface 13.
- the nucleation structure 10 differs from that illustrated in FIG. 1A essentially in that the stack of nucleation portions 16 and intermediate portions 14 form distinct pads, some of which other. Furthermore, this structure does not include injection portions such as the portions described above.
- the nucleation structure 10 does not have a growth mask 18 in the form of a specific layer made of a dielectric material.
- the substrate comprises a dielectric region 4, at the level of the exposed growth surface 13, that is, say not covered by the intermediate portions 14 and nucleation.
- the dielectric region 4 extends in the substrate 11 from the exposed growth surface 13 and connects each intermediate portion 14 to the intermediate portions 14 adjacent.
- the dielectric regions can be obtained from a method described in WO2014 / 064395, that is to say by nitriding or oxidation of the growth material.
- the dielectric regions are in a silicon oxide (for example SiO 2 ) or in a silicon nitride (for example S13N4).
- the intermediate portions 14 are advantageously made of a conductive electrical material, such as GaN advantageously doped.
- the nucleation structure 10 differs from that illustrated in FIG. 1A essentially in that the intermediate portions 14 are different zones of the same continuous layer 23.
- the nucleation portions 16 are also zones of the same continuous layer 24.
- the nucleation surfaces 17 are delimited by the openings 19 of the growth mask 18.
- the intermediate layer 23 is advantageously made of a conductive electrical material, such as GaN advantageously doped.
- FIGS. 4D to 4F are partial schematic cross-sectional views of other variants of the nucleation structure 10 illustrated in FIG. 1A, in which the nucleation structure 10 comprises other injection portions in FIG. a material comprising a transition metal.
- the nucleation structure 10 differs from that illustrated in FIG. 1A essentially in that it further comprises so-called upper injection portions 21 intended to improve the injection of the load carriers in the wires.
- the upper injection portions 21 here cover the injection portions 20, and cover a portion of the nucleation portions 16. Thus, they delimit in the plane (X, Y) the nucleation surfaces, and participate in delimiting , with the growth mask 18, the apertures 19 through. In other words, the second injection portions open at the through openings 19 and partially delimit the peripheral edge of the opening.
- each wire occupies the volume of the through openings 19 so that it is in contact, at its lateral border, with the upper injection portion 21.
- the local thickness of the portions made of materials comprising a transition metal which improves the circulation of the charge carriers, and on the other hand the contact interface between the wire and the portions made of materials.
- the injection of the charge carriers into the wires from the electrically conductive substrate 11 is then improved.
- the upper injection portions 21 are here areas of the same continuous layer, but, alternatively, they can take the form of separate pads from each other. They may be formed of the same material comprising a transition metal, or be formed of a stack of several identical or different materials comprising a transition metal.
- the upper injection portions 21 are here made of a second material comprising a transition metal, that is to say that it may be a transition metal or a compound comprising a transition metal, for example a nitride or a carbide of a transition metal.
- the second material comprising a transition metal may be identical to or different from the material of the nucleation portions 16, and advantageously has a lower electrical resistivity thereto.
- the nucleating material may be chosen from tantalum nitride TaN, hafnium HfN, niobium NbN, zirconium ZrN, titanium TiN and the material of the upper injection portions 21, namely the second material comprising a transition metal, may be a titanium nitride.
- the upper injection portions 21 may have a thickness between 1 nm and 100 nm, preferably between 1 nm and 50 nm, for example 25 nm.
- the upper injection portions 21 may be made by deposition of a continuous layer of a material comprising a transition metal, so as to cover the nucleation portions 16 and the injection portions. It can then be covered by the layer of a dielectric material intended to form the growth mask 18.
- the through openings 19 are then advantageously made in two steps.
- a step of selective etching of the dielectric material with respect to the material of the upper injection portions 21 is carried out, for example by a reactive ionic etching (RIE) dry etching, for Reactive-Ion Etching, in English).
- RIE reactive ionic etching
- the continuous layer of the second material comprising a transition metal thus forms an etch stop layer.
- a step of selective etching of the second material with respect to the nucleating material is carried out from the first opening, for example by a wet etching whose etching agent is, for example, acid hydrofluoric.
- the nucleation structure 10 differs from that illustrated in FIG. 1A essentially in that it furthermore comprises so-called lower injection portions 22 intended to improve the injection. load carriers in the wires.
- the lower injection portions 22 are here disposed in contact with the growth surface 13 between the intermediate portions 14, and advantageously in contact therewith. They are thus covered by the injection portions 20, and in contact therewith.
- the injection portions 20 and the nucleation portions 16 are here different zones of the same continuous layer 24.
- the lower injection portions 22 are here made of a third material comprising a transition metal, that is to say that it may be a transition metal or a compound comprising a transition metal, for example a nitride or a carbide of a transition metal.
- the third material comprising a transition metal may be identical to or different from the material of the nucleation portions 16, and advantageously has a lower electrical resistivity thereto.
- the nucleating material may be chosen from tantalum nitride TaN, hafnium HfN, niobium NbN, zirconium ZrN, titanium TiN and the material of the lower injection portions 22, namely the third material comprising a transition metal, may be a titanium nitride.
- the lower injection portions 22 may have a thickness between 1 nm and 100 nm, preferably between 1 nm and 50 nm, for example 25 nm. They may have a thickness substantially equal to that of the intermediate portions 14.
- the thickness of the portions made of materials comprising a transition metal is thus locally increased, which improves the circulation of the charge carriers, and improves the injection of the charge carriers from the electrically conductive substrate 11 into the the sons.
- the nucleation structure 10 differs from that illustrated in FIG. 1A essentially in that it comprises lower injection portions 22 and higher injection portions 21.
- the lower injection portions 22 are in contact with the growth surface 13 and are covered by the injection portions 20. They are advantageously in contact with the intermediate portions 14. They are here pads separate from each other but may alternatively form areas of a continuous layer.
- the upper injection portions 21 are in contact with the upper face of the injection portions and partially cover the nucleation portions 16 to define the nucleation surfaces. They open into the through openings 19. In this example, they are also in contact with the growth surface 13 and cover the vertical flanks of the lower injection portions 22 and injection portions. They are here pads distinct from each other, but may alternatively form areas of a continuous layer.
- the second material of the upper injection portions 21 and the third material of the lower injection portions 22 are materials comprising a transition metal, that is to say that they may be in a transition metal. or a compound having a transition metal, for example a nitride or a carbide of a transition metal.
- the second and third transition metal nitrides may be identical or different from one another and from the material of the nucleation portions 16. They may be identical to each other, and may be different from the nucleating material and advantageously have an electrical resistivity. less than this.
- the nucleating material may be chosen from tantalum nitride TaN, hafnium HfN, niobium NbN, zirconium ZrN, titanium TiN and the second and third transition metal nitrides may be a nitride of titanium.
- the thickness of the portions made of materials comprising a transition metal is increased, in particular by locally forming a stack of injection portions in contact with the nucleation portions 16, which improves the circulation and the injection of charge carriers.
- the contact interface between the wire and the portions made of materials comprising a transition metal is increased. The injection of the charge carriers from the electrically conductive substrate 11 into the wires is then improved.
- a semiconductor material comprising mainly a III-V compound, for example GaN, according to the polarity of the element of column III, for example gallium, and not according to the polarity of the column V element, for example nitrogen.
- such son may have improved optical and / or electronic properties, insofar as it tends to reduce or even eliminate the areas of domain inversion that may appear in the case of polarity son nitrogen, and where we reduce the roughness that can present the plane c son, that is to say the upper surface of the son oriented substantially orthogonal to the axis of growth.
- a wire made of a compound II IV can grow according to the polarity of the element of column I II or according to the polarity of the element of column V, in a preferred direction of growth.
- the exposed face essentially has atoms of the element of the column II I, respectively of the column V, in the case of a growth according to the polarity of the element of column I II, respectively column V element.
- the yarns in a compound 11 IV for example GaN, and obtained by growth according to the nitrogen polarity, have areas of inversion domains (or inversion Domain Boundaries, in English) in which the thread is locally gallium polarity.
- the plane c of the wire has a surface roughness.
- the inventors have found that the epitaxial growth of the son according to the polarity of the element of the column II I, that is to say according to the gallium polarity in the case of GaN, can be obtained when the son are made from the nucleation structure described above on the one hand, and when no nitriding annealing is applied to the nucleation portions 16 before the growth of the son on the other hand.
- the nucleation portions 16, and in particular the nucleation surfaces 17, are subjected to both, or at a temperature greater than or equal to 800 ° C., and especially at a temperature greater than or equal to 1000 ° C. nor to a flow of ammonia NH3. Independently of the ammonia flow, the nucleation surfaces 17 can be subjected to a stream of N 2 dinitrogen without this modifying the growth of the son according to such or such polarity.
- the inventors have found, by way of illustration, that the growth of GaN gallium nitride son according to the gallium polarity, from nucleation portions 16 of niobium nitride N bN, is obtained when, before growth son, the nucleation surfaces 17 are not subjected to a nitriding annealing, especially when they are not subjected to both a higher temperature or equal to 800 ° C and a flow of ammonia.
- the growth of the gallium polarity wires is also obtained when the nucleation surfaces 17 are subjected to a flow of ammonia but not at a temperature greater than or equal to 800 ° C.
- the growth of the gallium polarity wires is also obtained when the nucleation surfaces 17 are subjected to a temperature greater than or equal to 800 ° C, for example 1000 ° C, but not to a stream of ammonia.
- the growth according to the nitrogen polarity is obtained when nitriding annealing is applied to the nucleation portions 16, that is to say when the nucleation surfaces 17 are subjected to a temperature of, for example, 1000 ° C and a flow of ammonia.
- the nucleation surfaces are subjected to a stream of ammonia .
- the temperature is below 800 ° C. Subsequently, when the III-V compound continuously covers the nucleation surfaces 17, the temperature can be raised above 800 ° C. and the flow of ammonia maintained, without this affecting the growth of the wires according to the invention. polarity of the column III element.
- the material of the nucleation portions 16 is chosen from titanium nitride TiN, zirconium ZrN, hafnium HfN, vanadium VN, niobium NbN, tantalum TaN, chromium CrN, molybdenum MoN or WN tungsten, or TiN titanium carbide, ZrN zirconium, HfN hafnium, VN vanadium, NbN niobium, or TaN tantalum.
- the nucleating material is selected from titanium nitride TiN, zirconium ZrN, hafnium HfN, niobium NbN, or tantalum TaN.
- the nucleating material is NbN niobium nitride.
- the second doped portion surrounds and covers at least part of the active zone and the end of the wire.
- the light-emitting diodes may have an axial configuration in which the wire, the active zone and the second doped portion are stacked on one another along the longitudinal axis ⁇ without the lateral edge of the wire being covered by the zone. active and the second doped portion.
- Side edge means a surface of a portion of the wire which extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis ⁇ .
- the three-dimensional elements may have a pyramidal shape, for example a conical or frustoconical shape with a polygonal base.
- an optoelectronic device having light-emitting diodes adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation has also been described.
- the optoelectronic device may be adapted to receive and detect electromagnetic radiation, for the purpose of converting it into an electrical signal.
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