Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 54, Issue 2, 227(2025)

Homoepitaxial Growth of Gallium Oxide Thick Films by HVPE Method

DONG Zengyin1,2, WANG Yingmin1、*, ZHANG Song1, LI He1, SUN Kewei1, CHENG Hongjuan1, and LIU Chao2
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  • 1The 46th Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Tianjin 300220, China
  • 2School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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    Halide vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) is mainly utilized to obtain β-Ga2O3 homoepitaxial wafers because of its advantages such as high growth rate and efficient impurity doping controllability. In this paper, the homoepitaxial β-Ga2O3 thick films were grown by a vertical HVPE system. The effects of different growth pressures on the growth rate and epitaxial quality were investigated. It is found that when growing epitaxial β-Ga2O3 films of the same thickness, although reducing the growth pressure slows down the growth rate, it can easily obtain high crystalline quality β-Ga2O3 thick films with unbroken microstep arrays. The source of unintentional nitrogen impurities in the epitaxial films was analyzed, and the possibility of nitrogen decomposition was ruled out. By adjusting the Ⅵ/Ⅲ ratio, specifically by increasing the oxygen partial pressure, the concentration of nitrogen impurities in β-Ga2O3 epitaxial films can be effectively reduced from 8×1016 cm-3 to 1×1016 cm-3. Finally, 2-inch high-quality HVPE β-Ga2O3 epitaxial wafer has been successfully achieved with optimized epitaxial growth parameters. The film thickness and carrier concentration are 15.8 μm and 1.5×1016 cm-3, the inhomogeneity of which are 3.6% and 7.6%, respectively.

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    DONG Zengyin, WANG Yingmin, ZHANG Song, LI He, SUN Kewei, CHENG Hongjuan, LIU Chao. Homoepitaxial Growth of Gallium Oxide Thick Films by HVPE Method[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2025, 54(2): 227

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    Received: Oct. 24, 2024

    Accepted: Mar. 31, 2025

    Published Online: Mar. 31, 2025

    The Author Email: WANG Yingmin (wymzll@126.com)

    DOI:10.16553/j.cnki.issn1000-985x.2024.0251

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