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2019_EJRNL_PP_Mohamed_Aymen_Mahjoub_1.pdf
Terbatas Irwan Sofiyan
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We have investigated the impact of different wet treatments on the electrical performances of germanium? tin (GeSn)-based p-MOS capacitors with 10% Sn. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed the presence of Sn droplets for the degreased Ge0.9Sn0.1 surface, which were removed by HCl, HF, and HF:HCl treatments. On the other hand, (NH4)2S and NH4OH treatments were not fully able to remove these droplets. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements confirmed AFM results and highlighted the efficiency of HF, HCl, and HF:HCl treatments in removing Ge and Sn native oxide, which was not the case with (NH4)2S and NH4OH. Nevertheless, XPS showed a reoxidation of ...