Evolution of the Electrical and Microstructural Properties of Mo/4H-SiC Contact with the Annealing Temperature

Publication date: 8 Set 2025

JournalSource: OPENALEXOpenAlex type: articleOpen Access
Authors: Marilena Vivona, Patrick Fiorenza, Giuseppe Greco, Salvatore Di Franco, Gabriele Bellocchi, Paola Mancuso, Simone Rascunà, Antonio Massimiliano Mio, Giuseppe Nicotra, Filippo Giannazzo, Fabrizio Roccaforte

In this work, we investigated the electrical properties evolution of Mo/4H-SiC Schottky contacts following thermal annealing treatments at temperature up to 950 °C. The electrical characterization under forward and reverse bias revealed a reduction of the barrier height from 1.45 eV (as-deposited contact) to 1.30 eV (950°C-annealed contact), with the presence of inhomogeneity in the contact, while the leakage current followed a thermionic-field emission (TFE) model after annealing at 750 °C and presented a significant increase for the 950°C-annealed contact. The electrical characterization was associated with microstructural analyses, which highlighted an enlargement of the grains forming the structure of the Mo-film and the presence of voids near the Mo/4H-SiC interface. These observations can be at the base of the variation in the electrical behavior of the contact.

Origin
Materials science forum
Volume
1158
Pages
27-32
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