Reduction of electron concentration in Lightly N-Doped n-Type 4H-SiC epilayers by 200 keV electron irradiation

松浦 秀治*; 柳澤 英樹*; 西野 公三*; 野尻 琢慎*; 明神 喜子*; 松山 雄炯*; 小野田 忍; 大島 武

Open Applied Physics Journal (Internet), 4, p.37 - 40, 2011/05

https://doi.org/10.2174/1874183501104010037

The mechanism of the reduction in the electron concentration in lightly Nitrogen (N) doped n-type 4H Silicon Carbide (SiC) epilayers by 200 keV electron irradiation is investigated. The densities and energy levels of donors and the compensating density are determined by applying a graphical peak analysis method to the temperature dependence of the electron concentration in the epilayer before and after irradiations. As a result, we found that the density of N donors at hexagonal C-sublattice sites was reduced much more than the density of N donors at cubic C-sublattice sites.