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Scandium nitride (ScN) is a binary III-V indirect bandgap semiconductor. It is composed of the scandium cation and the nitride anion. It forms crystals that can be grown on tungsten foil through sublimation and recondensation.[1] It has a rock-salt crystal structure with lattice constant of 0.451 nanometer, an indirect bandgap of 0.9 eV and direct bandgap of 2 to 2.4 eV.[1][2] These crystals can be synthesized by dissolving nitrogen gas with indium-scandium melts, magnetron sputtering, MBE, HVPE and other deposition methods.[2][3] Scandium nitride is also an effective gate for semiconductors on a silicon dioxide (SiO2) or hafnium dioxide (HfO2) substrate.[4]


References

  1. ^ a b Gu, Zheng; Edgar, J H; Pomeroy, J; Kuball, M; Coffey, D W (August 2004). "Crystal Growth and Properties of Scandium Nitride". Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 15 (8): 555–559. doi:10.1023/B:JMSE.0000032591.54107.2c. S2CID 98462001.
  2. ^ a b Biswas, Bidesh; Saha, Bivas (2019-02-14). "Development of semiconducting ScN". Physical Review Materials. 3 (2): 020301. Bibcode:2019PhRvM...3b0301B. doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.3.020301. ISSN 2475-9953. S2CID 139544303.
  3. ^ Zhang, Guodong; Kawamura, Fumio; Oshima, Yuichi; Villora, Encarnacion; Shimamura, Kiyoshi (4 August 2016). "Synthesis of Scandium Nitride Crystals from Indium–Scandium Melts". International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 13 (6): 1134–1138. doi:10.1111/ijac.12576.
  4. ^ Yang, Hyundoek; Heo, Sungho; Lee, Dongkyu; Choi, Sangmoo; Hwang, Hyunsang (13 January 2006). "Effective Work Function of Scandium Nitride Gate Electrodes on SiO2 and HfO2". Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 45 (2): L83–L85. Bibcode:2006JaJAP..45L..83Y. doi:10.1143/JJAP.45.L83. S2CID 121206924.


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