Abstract

ABSTRACTTantalum nitride thin films were produced by nitridation of sol-gel tantala thin films. The oxidation kinetics and the activation energy for oxidation were investigated and compared to those of sputtered tantalum nitride thin films. Data was gathered from in situ sheet resistance measurements taken between 550 and 720 K. Sol-gel films exhibited parabolic oxidation kinetics and had an activation energy of 1.9 eV. Sputtered films displayed quartic oxidation kinetics at lower temperatures tending toward cubic kinetics at higher temperatures and had an activation energy of 1.6 eV.

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