Synthesis and Thermal Study of Hexacoordinated Aluminum(III) Triazenides for Use in Atomic Layer Deposition

01 December 2020, Version 1
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Abstract

Amidinate and guanidinate ligands have been used extensively to produce volatile and thermally stable precursors for atomic layer deposition. The triazenide ligand is relatively unexplored as an alternative ligand system. Herein, we present six new Al(III) complexes bearing three sets of a 1,3-dialkyltriazenide ligand. These complexes volatilize quantitatively in a single step with onset volatilization temperatures of ~150 °C and 1 Torr vapor pressures of ~134 °C. Differential scanning calorimetry revealed these Al(III) complexes exhibited exothermic events that overlapped with the temperatures of their mass loss events in thermogravimetric analysis. Using quantum chemical density functional theory computations, we found a decomposition pathway transforming the relatively large hexacoordinated Al(III) precursor into a smaller dicoordinated complex. The pathway relies on previously unexplored inter-ligand interactions, in which protons migrate between the triazenide ligands. These new Al(III) triazenides provides a series of alternative precursors with unique thermal properties that could be highly advantageous for vapor deposition processes of Al containing materials.

Keywords

Aluminum
Triazenides
Precursor
Atomic layer deposition
X-ray crystallography
Thermal Study

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