Diffusion-reaction mechanisms of nitriding species in SiO2

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2003-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0311634v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Revtex, 7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.70.125206

We study using first-principles total-energy calculations, diffusion-reaction processes involved in the thermal nitridation of SiO2. We consider NO, NH, N2 and atomic N in different charge states as the nitriding species in alpha-quartz. Our results show that none of neutral species react with the SiO2 network remaining at interstitial sites. Therefore, they are likely to diffuse through the oxide, incorporating nitrogen at near-interface (Si/SiO2) regions. Whereas, charged species are trapped by the network, nitriding bulk SiO2. For the diffusing species, we find that NH and atomic N show increasing diffusivities with temperatures, whereas for NO and N2 they are relatively constant. This result agree well with the finding of higher N concentration at the Si/SiO2 interface obtained by thermal processing of SiO2 in NH3 as compared with those obtained in N2O. Finally, we discuss spin-dependent incorporation reaction mechanisms of NH and atomic N with the SiO2 network.

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