9-13 July 2012
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Investigations of the Diffusion of Xenon Implanted in 6H-SiC

12 Jul 2012, 17:30
2h
IT Building

IT Building

Poster Presentation Track A - Division for Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Poster Session

Speaker

Ms Thabsile Thabethe (University of pretoria (Tuks))

Apply to be<br> consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

yes

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

No

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The diffusion behaviour of implanted xenon in 6H-SiC has been investigated using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) and channelling techniques. Xenon (Xe+) ions with an energy of 360 KeV were implanted in SiC to a fluence of 2 × 1016 cm-2 at room temperature (23°C), 350°C and 600°C. Channelling revealed that the sample (6H-SiC) at room temperature created an amorphous layer, while at 350°C it did not cause amorphisation and the crystal structure was preserved. 5h sequential isochronal annealing was performed at temperatures ranging from 1000 to 1400°C. RBS on the annealed samples showed that no diffusion of the Xe occurred in the 350°C implanted samples. In the room temperature implanted samples there was evidence of diffusion of the xenon which only started after annealing at 1200°C. The diffusion was accompanied by a loss of xenon from the SiC surface. The difference in diffusion behaviour between the room temperature implanted and the 350°C samples suggest that the Xe diffusion in the room temperature implanted samples is due to the amorphisation of the 6H-SiC and subsequent recrystallization into a polycrystalline layer after annealing.

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

T.T Hlatshwayo
Thulani.hlatshwayo@up.ac.za

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD)?

MSc

Primary author

Ms Thabsile Thabethe (University of pretoria (Tuks))

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