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High-k oxide materials for metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors and metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) structure on SiC have been explored to enhance SiC-based device performance. In our experiments, the MOS capacitors with a high-k barium titanate (BaTiO3) insulating layer were fabricated using the aerosol deposition (AD) method, and post-deposition annealed in O2 atmospheres. We examined the effects of post-deposition annealing on the BaTiO3 films and their impact on the surface and electrical characteristics of MOS capacitors. The crystallinity and surface morphologies of the BaTiO3 films were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. We conducted the electrical analysis through current–voltage and capacitance–voltage (C–V) measurements. The post-deposition annealing process effectively reduced the gate leakage current of BaTiO3/4H-SiC and elevated the rectification ratio from 9.12 × 108 to 1.61 × 109. C–V characteristics were measured at 1 MHz to investigate the oxide defect charges inside the MOS capacitors. Near-interface trap density (\({N}_{{\text{it}}}\)) decreased from 9.10 × 1011 to 5.53 × 1011 cm−2 due to post-annealing, which diminished flat band voltage hysteresis. Fixed oxide charge density (\({Q}_{{\text{f}}}\)) also diminished from 4.00 × 1011 to 3.58 × 1011 cm−2, and the oxygen vacancies were compensated by the oxygen atoms introduced from the O2 during the post-deposition annealing. Our findings suggest that the post-deposition annealed process significantly influences surface and electrical properties during BaTiO3 thin film deposition using AD.
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This work was supported by the Kwangwoon University in 2023, and the Technology Innovation Program (RS-2022-00154720, 20003540) granted funded by the MOTIE, Korea.
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Conceptualization: J.-S.C., S.-M.K.; Methodology: J.-S.C.; Formal analysis and investigation: J.-S.C., H.-W.L., T.-H.L., S.-R.P., S.-H.C., Y.-H.C., G.-H.L.; Writing—original draft preparation: J.-S.C.; Writing—review and editing: J.-S.C., M.A.S., C.P., W.H.S., J.-M.O. and S.-M.K.; Supervision: S.-M.K. All authors have contributed to the revisions of the manuscript in its final form and agreed to the submission.
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Choi, JS., Lee, HW., Lee, TH. et al. Effects of post-deposition annealing on BaTiO3/4H-SiC MOS capacitors using aerosol deposition method. Appl. Phys. A 130, 188 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-024-07285-1
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