Effect of nucleation sites on the growth and quality of single-crystal boron arsenide
arXiv:1910.02149 · doi:10.1016/j.mtphys.2019.100160
Abstract
Boron arsenide (BAs) has been the least investigated cubic III-V compound, but it has recently attracted significant attention since the confirmation of its unusually high thermal conductivity above 1000 W/m-K. However, determining how to achieve growth of a BAs single crystal on the centimeter scale remains unsolved, which strongly limits further research into, and potential applications of, this interesting material. Here we report our technique to grow a 7-mm-long BAs single crystal via the chemical vapor transport method by applying an additional nucleation site. The different thermal conductivity values obtained from BAs single crystals grown on nucleation sites of different compositions show the importance of choosing the proper nucleation-site material. We believe these findings will inspire further research into the growth of this unique semiconductor.
arXiv comment8 pages, 3 figures
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