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The influence of implantation conditions on dopant activation in Al-implanted 4H-SiC: a MD study applying an Al potential fitted to DFT barriers

Sabine Leroch, Robert Stella, Andreas Hössinger, Lado Filipovic

Abstract

The atomistic relationship between implantation temperature, damage evolution, defect recombination, clustering, and dopant activation remains poorly understood.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies · Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies · Thin-Film Transistor Technologies

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Affiliations

CDL for Multi-Scale Process Modeling of Semiconductor Devices and Sensors, Institute for Microelectronics, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria

Silvaco Europe Ltd., St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5JL, UK

Funding

Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft · Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft

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