Effect of wet KOH etching on structural properties of GaN nanowires grown by SAG-MBE

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Outline: Motivation Experiment: GaN NWs grown by SAG-MBE Selective etching using

Outline:

Motivation
Experiment:
GaN NWs grown by SAG-MBE
Selective etching using a KOH aqueous solution
Identification

of NWs polarity
Impact of etching time
Conclusions
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Motivation: ** * * Albert S. et al., Journal of Applied

Motivation:

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* Albert S. et al., Journal of Applied Physics 2013:113

pp. 114306
** Arafin S. et al., Journal of Nanophotonics 2013:7 pp. 074599

light emitting diodes (LEDs)
sensors
transistors
solar cells
water-splitting cells

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Experiment: SAG-MBE growth Scheme of SAG-MBE: SiOx photoresist SiO2 microspheres GaN

Experiment: SAG-MBE growth

Scheme of SAG-MBE:

SiOx

photoresist

SiO2 microspheres

GaN nanowires

MBE growth

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* Dvoretckaia L.

N. et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2017:917 pp. 062062 ** Dvoretckaia L. N. et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2018:1124 pp. 022042

300 nm

SiOx

Si

1 um

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Experiment: GaN NWs grown by SAG-MBE Ts = 815℃ Ts =

Experiment: GaN NWs grown by SAG-MBE

Ts = 815℃

Ts = 820℃

Ts =

825℃

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* Gridchin, V.O. et al. Tech. Phys. Lett. 46, 1080–1083 (2020)

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Experiment idea: KOH selective etching * Stacia Keller et al 2014

Experiment idea: KOH selective etching

* Stacia Keller et al 2014 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 29 113001 **

Weijie Chen et al 2015 J. of Crystal Growth 426 168-172

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Experiment: KOH selective etching KOH : H2O (1:5) at 75 ℃

Experiment: KOH selective etching

 

KOH : H2O (1:5) at 75 ℃

Chemical reactions:

Scheme

of experiment*:

* V V Lendyashova et al 2020 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1695 012047

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Identification of NWs polarity: Before etching After etching Impact of the

Identification of NWs polarity:

Before etching

After etching

Impact of the etching solution led

to the formation of hexagonal pyramid-like tops of GaN NWs grown on the SiOx what corresponds to the N-polar GaN NWs
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Experiment: KOH selective etching Before etching Before etching After 1.5 min

Experiment: KOH selective etching

Before etching

Before etching

After 1.5 min etching

After 1.5 min

etching

After 7 min etching

An increase in the etching time leads to the decomposition of GaN NWs on the inhibitor layer until they are removed