Title
Alcohol-assisted growth of copper CVD films
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-4-1998
Abstract
We report the effect of various alcohols on the transport mechanism and reaction kinetics of Cu(hfac)2 reduction for copper CVD. A variety of transport experiments are performed, all of which indicate that the presence of alcohol does nothing to increase the vapor phase transport rate of Cu(hfac)2. In contrast, steady-state kinetic measurements reveal a significant increase in CVD growth rates upon addition of an alcohol co-reactant, which we therefore attribute to an alcohol-assisted enhancement of the intrinsic kinetics of Cu(hfac)2 reduction. For the series of alcohols studied, the enhancement factor increases in the order: MeOH < EtOH < i-PrOH; this correlates with the pKa values of the alcohols. The dependence of the growth rate on alcohol partial pressure is first-order, which can be described using a simple modification of our earlier Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate expression for H2 reduction of Cu(hfac)2. The revised expression is consistent with a mechanism in which the rate limiting step involves H+ transfer between an adsorbed alcohol molecule and the first dissociated (hfac) ligand from an adsorbed Cu(hfac)2 molecule. © 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Thin Solid Films
First Page
86
Last Page
94
Recommended Citation
Borgharkar, N., Griffin, G., James, A., & Maverick, A. (1998). Alcohol-assisted growth of copper CVD films. Thin Solid Films, 320 (1), 86-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6090(97)01074-2