Issue 5, 2015

Effect of carbon types on the generation and morphology of GaN polycrystals grown using the Na flux method

Abstract

The effect of different carbon types, including carbon nanotubes, active carbon, graphene, graphite, and ordered mesoporous carbon, on the suppression of polycrystal generation and morphology of GaN polycrystals grown by the Na flux method has been studied for the first time. The results of GaN growth by adding different purity graphite indicate that graphite with higher purity is better than lower purity ones at suppressing polycrystal generation. Furthermore, by comparing the different types of carbon, it is found that the suppression effect increases in the following order: carbon nanotubes, active carbon, graphene, graphite, and ordered mesoporous carbon, accompanied by the evolution of morphology. First-principles calculation and specific surface area measurement show that the C–N bond energy in carbon plays a key role in suppressing the polycrystals, rather than the specific surface area of carbon. A mechanism of C–N bonding in Na–Ga melts has been proposed to illustrate the difference in suppressing polycrystal generation and morphology evolution.

Graphical abstract: Effect of carbon types on the generation and morphology of GaN polycrystals grown using the Na flux method

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Sep 2014
Accepted
26 Nov 2014
First published
26 Nov 2014

CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 1030-1036

Effect of carbon types on the generation and morphology of GaN polycrystals grown using the Na flux method

Z. Liu, G. Ren, L. Shi, X. Su, J. Wang and K. Xu, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 1030 DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01899K

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