TY - JOUR
T1 - First-principles X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy binding energy shift calculation for boron and aluminum defects in 3C-silicon carbide
AU - Matsushima, Naoki
AU - Yamauchi, Jun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - We systematically investigated the core-level X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) binding energy shifts of B 1s and Al 2p and formation energies for defects including boron and aluminum in 3C-silicon carbide (SiC) by first-principles calculation. We analyzed the relation between the XPS binding energy shift and defect states and found that the defects with localized electrons in the band gap or energy gap in the valence band have larger XPS relaxation energies (XPSREs) than those without localized electrons. In contrast, spread electrons and electrons localized away from the core hole hardly affect the XPSREs. Further, we analyzed the dependence on crystal matrices, that is, elemental and compound semiconductors, on XPS spectra by comparing the XPS spectra of Si and 3C-SiC. Although the variation of the local potential in 3C-SiC is larger than that in Si, the variations of their relaxation energies are comparable.
AB - We systematically investigated the core-level X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) binding energy shifts of B 1s and Al 2p and formation energies for defects including boron and aluminum in 3C-silicon carbide (SiC) by first-principles calculation. We analyzed the relation between the XPS binding energy shift and defect states and found that the defects with localized electrons in the band gap or energy gap in the valence band have larger XPS relaxation energies (XPSREs) than those without localized electrons. In contrast, spread electrons and electrons localized away from the core hole hardly affect the XPSREs. Further, we analyzed the dependence on crystal matrices, that is, elemental and compound semiconductors, on XPS spectra by comparing the XPS spectra of Si and 3C-SiC. Although the variation of the local potential in 3C-SiC is larger than that in Si, the variations of their relaxation energies are comparable.
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U2 - 10.7567/1347-4065/aafc52
DO - 10.7567/1347-4065/aafc52
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063329083
VL - 58
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
SN - 0021-4922
IS - 3
M1 - 031001
ER -