Temperature effect of ammonium halogenides as mineralizers on the phase stability of gallium nitride synthesized under acidic ammonothermal conditions
- 15 November 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 17 (9), 886-893
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b612816e
Abstract
The temperature effect of the ammonium halogenide mineralizers NH4X (X = Cl, Br, I) on the phase stability of GaN synthesized under supercritical ammonothermal conditions in the temperature range 360–550 °C has been investigated. Hexagonal GaN (h-GaN) and cubic GaN (c-GaN) were crystallized. Oxygen impurities force the formation of gallium oxide at low temperatures. The tendency to form c-GaN increases from X = Cl to Br to I. Decreasing temperature supports this trend. Single-phase h-GaN can be grown from X = Cl at ≥470 °C, Br at ≥500 °C and I at ≥550 °C. Mixed mineralizers of type X = Cl + Br and Cl + I are useful to improve both the yield and the temperature stability range for h-GaN. The size of h-GaN crystals decreases from X = Cl to Br to I. The use of a h-GaN substrate has a phase-stabilizing effect and lowers the temperature stability range for overgrown h-GaN films. The choice of precursor will have an impact on the a and c lattice parameters of self-nucleated h-GaN.Keywords
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