Reaction of Photoluminescent Porous Silicon Surfaces with Lithium Reagents To Form Silicon−Carbon Bound Surface Species

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1498-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Hee Song ◽  
Michael J. Sailor
2002 ◽  
Vol 737 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Schmeltzer ◽  
Lon A. Porter ◽  
Michael P. Stewart ◽  
Carmen M. López ◽  
Jillian M. Buriak

ABSTRACTEfforts to produce stable, derivatized porous silicon have yielded a number of chemical methods capable of functionalizing this interesting material with organic monolayers. Hydride-terminated porous silicon substrates react with alkenes and alkynes in the presence of dilute triphenylcarbenium salt solutions to respectively produce alkyl- and alkenyl-functionalized materials. Characterization by transmission FTIR and solid-state NMR suggests the formation of highly stable silicon-carbon bonds to yield covalently bound organic moieties. Porous silicon passivated in this fashion exhibits a greater resistance than that of the native material to chemical degradation, indicating that the organic functionalities may serve to sterically shield the nanocrystallites from nucleophiles. Hydrosilylation is proposed to proceed via hydride abstraction from the substrate followed by electrophilic attack by the subsequent species upon the alkene/alkyne, a mechanism previously hypothesized for the formation of stabilized β-silyl carbocations. The reaction is tolerant of a variety of substrate functional groups and native porous silicon surfaces but depends markedly upon the identity of the salt counteranion, among other solution parameters.


1991 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Dillon ◽  
M. B. Robinson ◽  
M. Y. Han ◽  
S. M. George

ABSTRACTFourier transform infrared (FTIR) transmission spectroscopy was used to monitor the decomposition of alkylsilanes such as diethylsilane (DES) [(CH3 CH2)2SiH2], di-t-butylsilane (DTBS) [((CH3)3C)2SiH2] and ethylsilane (ES) [CH3CH2SiH3 on high-surface-area porous silicon samples. The FTIR spectra revealed that tKe akylsilanes dissociatively adsorb on porous silicon at 300 K to form SiH and Si-alkyl species. As the silicon surface was progressively annealed, the Si-alkyl species decomposed and produced gas phase ethylene (DES,ES) or isobutylene (DTBS). The decomposition of the alkyl group was accompanied by the growth of additional SiH surface species. These reaction products were consistent with a [β-hydride elimination reaction. Above 700 K, the SiH surface species decreased concurrently with the desorption of H2 from the porous silicon surface. The uptake of surface species was also monitored at various adsorption temperatures to determine the optimal exposure temperatures for carbon-free silicon deposition. Carbon contamination was not detected at adsorption temperatures below 640 K prior to H2 desorption. Because the alkylsilane adsorption process is self-limiting at temperatures below 640 K, alkylsilanes may be useful molecular precursors for the atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) of silicon.


1992 ◽  
Vol 282 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Dillon ◽  
M. B. Robinson ◽  
S. M. George

ABSTRACTFourier transform infrared (FTIR) transmission spectroscopy was used to compare the decomposition of trichlorosilane (SiHCl3) and trichlorogermane (GeHCl3) on silicon surfaces. Chlorosilanes, such as SiHCl3 are employed in silicon chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Chlorosilanes and chlorogermanes are also possible molecular precursors for the controlled atomic layer growth of silicon and germanium. GeHCl3 may be useful for the deposition of germanium on silicon surfaces and the growth of Si1−xGex heterostructures. The FTIR studies were performed in-situ in an ultra-high vacuum chamber on high surface area, porous silicon samples. The FTIR spectra revealed that SiHCl3 dissociatively adsorbs at 200 K to form SiH, SiClx, ClSiH and Cl2SiH surface species. The presence of ClxSiH species is revealed by ClxSiH stretching (2196 cm−1) and bending (775, 744 cm−1) vibrations. The presence of these modes indicates that there is incomplete decomposition of SiHCl3 upon adsorption at 200 K. GeHCl3 also dissociatively adsorbs at 200 K to form SiH and SiClx species. An infrared absorption feature in the Ge-H stretching region (1970–1995 cm−1) was not detected in the FTIR spectrum. The absence of a Ge-H absorption feature argues that there is a complete transfer of hydrogen from germanium to surface silicon atoms at 200 K. The thermal stabilities of the surface species were studied with annealing experiments. The Clx SiH formed upon initial SiHCl3 exposures at 200 K were observed to decompose between 200–590 K and form additional surface SiH and SiCl species. For both GeHCl3 and SiHCl3 dissociative adsorption on porous silicon, the SiCL. (x = 2 or 3) surface species were converted to silicon monochloride surface species between 200–600 K. In addition, SiH surface species were lost upon annealing between 680–780 K as H2 desorbed from the surface. The adsorption kinetics of SiHCl3 and GeHCl3 were also monitored on porous silicon at various isothermal temperatures. These experiments provide insight into the surface chemistry of chlorosilanes and chlorogermanes during CVD and atomic layer controlled growth.


1992 ◽  
Vol 282 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Coon ◽  
M. L. Wise ◽  
A. C. Dillon ◽  
S. M. George

ABSTRACTDiethylgermane, (CH3CH2)2GeH2, and germanium tetrachloride, GeCl4 may be useful precursors for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or atomic layer controlled deposition of germanium. To explore the surface chemistry of these alternative precursors, the adsorption and desorption kinetics of (CH3CH2)2GeH2 (DEG) and GeCl4 on Si(111) 7×7 have been examined using laser-induced thermal desorption (LITD), and temperature programmed desorption (TPD) techniques. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has also been employed to monitor the decomposition of DEG on porous silicon surfaces. The FTIR spectra revealed that DEG dissociatively adsorbs on porous silicon surfaces at 200 K to form SiH, GeH, and SiCH2CH3 surface species. No spectral features were observed for GeCH2CH3 surface species. The TPD studies following DEG exposures on Si(111) 7×7 observed CH2=CH2 and H2 desorption products at 700 and 800 K, respectively. The production of CH2=CH2 (ethylene) was consistent with a βhydride elimination mechanism from surface ethyl species, i.e. SiCH2CH3(ad) → SiH(ad) + CH2=CH2 (g). Similar TPD experiments following GeCl4 exposures monitored the desorption of only SiCl2 at approximately 920 K. Desorption of SiCl2 indicates that the chlorine on GeCl4 has transferred to the silicon surface. Atomic Ge was also observed to desorb at 1200 K following both DEG and GeCl4 adsorption. LITD experiments measured initial reactive sticking coefficients of So ∼0.05 for DEG and So ∼1.0 for GeCl4 at 200 K. As expected from a precursor-mediated adsorption model, the sticking coefficients decreased versus increasing surface temperature. The sticking coefficients for these germanium containing precursors were higher than the corresponding sticking coefficients for (CH3CH2)2SiH2 and SiCl4. Possible recipes for the CVD or atomic layer controlled deposition of germanium on silicon can be proposed based on the surface chemistry and adsorption and desorption kinetics for DEG and GeCl4.


1992 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C. Dillon ◽  
M.B. Robinson ◽  
S.M. George ◽  
P. Gupta

ABSTRACTHydrogen passivation of silicon surfaces plays an important role in silicon surface cleaning and preparation. To measure the effect of hydrogen passivation on silicon surface reactivity, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) transmission spectroscopy was used to monitor the oxidation of silicon surfaces versus hydrogen coverage. Experiments were performed insitu in an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) chamber using high surface area poroussilicon samples. Si-H stretching and bending vibrations and Si-O-Si stretching vibrations were employed to monitor the silicon surface species. Oxidation studies with O2 conducted versus various initial hydrogen coverages revealed that oxidation rates and apparent oxygen saturation levels on porous silicon decreased as a function of initial surface hydrogen coverage. Exceptional surface stability was observed when the porous silicon surface was passivated by both monohydride and dihydride surface species. In addition, new blue-shifted Si-H stretching and bending features were observed following the oxidation of partially hydrogen-passivated porous silicon which indicated the presence of Ox SiH species. Thermal annealing studies revealed that the thermal stability of these OxSiH species increased with increasing oxidation of the silicon surface. These results have important implications for silicon growth and surface cleaning because they indicate that hydrogen removal is more difficult when the silicon surface is contaminated with oxygen. These FTIR results have also been compared with earlier results of oxidation versus hydrogen coverage on Si(111) 7×7.


2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 351 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUANG Yan-Hua ◽  
HAN Xiang ◽  
CHEN Hui-Xin ◽  
CHEN Song-Yan ◽  
YANG Yong

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gupta ◽  
A. C. Dillon ◽  
A. S. Bracker ◽  
S. M. George

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 552-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfeng Ren ◽  
Yanhong Wang ◽  
Zailei Zhang ◽  
Qiangqiang Tan ◽  
Ziyi Zhong ◽  
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Porous silicon/carbon composites prepared by the solvothermal reaction show excellent electrochemical performance as anode materials for lithium ion batteries.


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