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@ARTICLE{Rehm:622240,
author = {Rehm, Oliver and Baumgarten, Lutz and Guido, Roberto and
Düring, Pia Maria and Gloskovskii, Andrei and Schlueter,
Christoph and Mikolajick, Thomas and Schroeder, Uwe and
Mueller, Martina},
title = {{L}ong‐{T}erm {S}tability and {O}xidation of
{F}erroelectric {A}l{S}c{N} {D}evices: {A}n {O}perando
{H}ard {X}‐ray {P}hotoelectron {S}pectroscopy {S}tudy},
journal = {Physica status solidi / Rapid research letters},
volume = {19},
number = {3},
issn = {1862-6254},
address = {Weinheim},
publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-00278},
pages = {2400307},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Aluminum scandium nitride (Al1−xScxN) is a promising
material for ferroelectric devices due to its large remanent
polarization, scalability, and compatibility with
semiconductor technology. By doping AlN with Sc, the bonds
in the polar AlN structure are weakened, which enables
ferroelectric switching below the dielectric breakdown
field. However, one disadvantage of Sc doping is that it
increases the material's tendency toward oxidation. Herein,
the oxidation process of tungsten-capped and uncapped
Al0.83Sc0.17N thin films is investigated by hard X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES). The samples is exposed
to air for either 2 weeks or 6 months. HAXPES spectra
indicate the replacement of nitrogen by oxygen and the
tendency of oxygen to favor oxidation with Sc rather than
Al. The appearance of an N2 spectral feature thus can be
directly related to the oxidation process. An oxidation
model that mimics these spectroscopic results of the
element-specific oxidation processes within Al1−xScxN is
presented. Finally, in operando HAXPES data of uncapped and
capped AlScN-capacitor stacks are interpreted using the
proposed model.},
cin = {DOOR ; HAS-User / FS-PET-S},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 /
I:(DE-H253)FS-PET-S-20190712},
pnm = {632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional
Materials (POF4-632) / 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) /
FS-Proposal: I-20231120 (I-20231120) / FS-Proposal:
I-20230416 (I-20230416) / DFG project G:(GEPRIS)458372836 -
Wurtzitische Mischkristalle als neue Materialklasse für
ferroelektrische Mikroelektronik (458372836)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 /
G:(DE-H253)I-20231120 / G:(DE-H253)I-20230416 /
G:(GEPRIS)458372836},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P22-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001370450800001},
doi = {10.1002/pssr.202400307},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/622240},
}