IP Library Granted Patent US 11,887,849
Granted Patent B2
US 11,887,849 · App. 17/012,661 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Method of forming transition metal dichalcogenidethin film and method of manufacturing electronic device including the same

Inventors: Changhyun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sangwoo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Kyung-Eun Byun (Seongnam-si, KR); Hyeonjin Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Ahrum Sohn (Pyeongtaek-si, KR); Jaehwan Jung (Daejeon, KR)
Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Research & Business Foundation, Sungkyunkwan University
H01L21/02631C23C14/06C23C14/34C23C14/5806H01L21/02667H01L29/66969H01L21/02568H01L21/02592H01L21/02595
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Patent No.
US 11,887,849
App. No.
17/012,661
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method of forming a transition metal dichalcogenide thin film and a method of manufacturing a device including the same. The method of forming a transition metal dichalcogenide thin film includes: depositing a transition metal dichalcogenide thin film on a substrate; and heat-treating the deposited transition metal dichalcogenide thin film.

Claims (42)

1. A method of forming a thin film of transition metal dichalcogenide, the method comprising:

providing a substrate in a reaction chamber;

depositing a transition metal dichalcogenide thin film on the substrate using a sputtering process that uses a precursor and is performed at a first temperature,

the precursor including a transition metal and a chalcogen; and

heat-treating the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film on the substrate at a second temperature under a chalcogen atmosphere, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature, wherein

the precursor includes a metal oxide, a metal halide, a metal carbonyl compound, or a combination thereof, and

the heat-treating the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film includes forming the chalcogen atmosphere by providing a chalcogen-containing gas comprising at least one of H 2 S, H 2 Se or H 2 Te.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film includes at least one of an amorphous material and a polycrystalline material.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film includes a composition represented by Formula 1 below:

MX (2-a) Y a   [Formula 1]

wherein, in Formula 1 above, M is a transition metal element, X is a chalcogen element, Y is an element other than the transition metal and the chalcogen element, and 0≤a<2 is satisfied.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first temperature is a temperature of about 500° C. to about 800° C.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the second temperature is a temperature of about 800° C. to about 1200° C.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heat-treating the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film includes forming the chalcogen atmosphere by providing a chalcogen-containing gas.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a process time for the depositing the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film is less than or equal to 2 minutes.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the depositing the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film is performed at a pressure of about 0.1 mTorr to about 10 mTorr.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the first temperature is a temperature of about 500° C. to about 800° C., and

the second temperature is a temperature of about 800° C. to about 1200° C.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the heat-treating the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film provides a heat-treated transition metal dichalcogenide thin film, and

the heat-treated transition metal dichalcogenide thin film has a structure of one layer to fifteen layers.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a transition metal of the precursor includes at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Tc, Re, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Zn, and Sn.

12. The method of claim 11 ,

a transition metal of the precursor includes at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, W, Tc, Re, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Zn, and Sn.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein a chalcogen of the precursor includes at least one element of S, Se, and Te.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the heat-treating the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film provides a heat-treated transition metal dichalcogenide thin film, and

the heat-treated transition metal dichalcogenide thin film includes a composition represented by Formula 2 below:

MX 2 [Formula 2]

wherein, in Formula 2 above, M is a transition metal element, and X is a chalcogen element.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the precursor further includes an element of a Group lower than at least one of the transition metal and the chalcogen.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein

the heat-treating the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film provides a heat-treated transition metal dichalcogenide thin film, and

the heat-treated transition metal dichalcogenide thin film is doped.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein a thickness of the transition metal dichalcogenide thin film is proportional to an energy reaction rate of a material sputtered from the precursor.

18. A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising:

forming the thin film of transition metal dichalcogenide using the method of claim 1 ; and

forming a device unit including the thin film of transition metal dichalcogenide.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the electronic device includes at least one of a transistor, a diode, an optoelectronic device, a tunneling device, a logic device, and a memory device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2020
From: KIM, CHANGHYUN; BYUN, KYUNG-EUN; SHIN, HYEONJIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053718/0992 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2020
From: KIM, SANGWOO; SOHN, AHRUM; JUNG, JAEHWAN
To: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 053719/0048 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0112370 · Sep 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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