The document is a presentation on atomic layer deposition (ALD) given by Riikka Puurunen at the IUPAC|CHAINS2023 World Chemistry Congress. The presentation provides an introduction to ALD, including its history dating back to 1974 with its independent inventions in Finland and Russia. It discusses the fundamentals and typical process conditions of ALD as well as examples of its applications. The presentation emphasizes ALD's ability to conformally coat substrates and provides examples of Puurunen's own research on ALD catalyst synthesis and modeling ALD growth. It concludes by discussing opportunities for future ALD research and the importance of open science practices.
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1. Puurunen, IUPAC|Chains2023 World Chemistry Congress, The Hague, Aug 20-25, 2023
Atomic layer
deposition (ALD):
Introduction and
progress examples
Riikka Puurunen
IUPAC|CHAINS2023 August 20-25, 2023.
‘Connecting Chemical Worlds’
3
Invited talk in parallel session 62:
Advanced Thin Film Technology
of Energy and Smart Materials
The Sower
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Arles,
November 1888
oil on canvas, 32.5 cm x 40.3 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh
Foundation)
[vangoghmuseum-s0029V1962-800.jpg; brightness adjusted]
2. Puurunen, IUPAC|Chains2023 World Chemistry Congress, The Hague, Aug 20-25, 2023
What
is ALD?
Van Ommen, Goulas, Puurunen,
“Atomic layer deposition” in
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of
Chemical Technology, 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00
059
CC BY 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Growth
per cycle
(GPC)
Thin films
based on
repeated self-
terminating
gas-solid
reactions
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Where
is ALD?
Van Ommen, Goulas, Puurunen,
“Atomic layer deposition” in
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of
Chemical Technology, 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00
059
CC BY 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Moore’s law’s
enabler
in your pocket,
etc.
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Who am I to
talk about ALD?
• 25 years of ALD
• Same alma mater
(and workplaces!*)
as the inventor
• Catalysts
• CMOS
• MEMS
• Mechanisms
• Terminology
• Modelling
• Reviews
• History
Krause Suntola Puurunen
Photo, Millennium Technology Prize organization, 2018
* Microchemistry, Neste,
VTT Semiconductor lab
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Outline
• (General intro on ALD – done)
• Some words on fundamentals of ALD
• How ALD started – some words on history (and integrity)
• Conformality: core characteristic of ALD
• Own research examples
• On “Sustainable Open Science”
• Conclusion
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Ideal ALD: saturating & irreversible
Van Ommen, Goulas, Puurunen, “Atomic layer deposition” in
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00059
CC BY 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
Time
Amount
adsorbed
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Growth per cycle (GPC), with cycles
Van Ommen, Goulas, Puurunen, “Atomic layer deposition” in
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00059
CC BY 4.0 Wikimedia Commons & Wikimedia Commons
Growth
mode?
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Typical ALD process conditions?
Temperature
• 102 C
Pressure
• 102 Pa
Growth per cycle (GPC)
• < 5 metal atoms per nm2 *
• 10-1 nm (i.e., Ångström range)
• [fraction of a solid bulk monolayer]
Growth rate**
(average)
• 100 nm/min
Substrate type
• Flat solid
8
Cycle time
• 100 s
* Blomberg, ECS Trans. 58 (10) (2013) 3; https://doi.org/10.1149/05810.0003ecst
**Note: Also in ALD literature: growth rate in units of nm/cycle
ALD reactor type
• Temporal
Time
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Invention: Atomic Layer Epitaxy, 1974
Puurunen & Suntola 2014,
Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
Essay on ALE: Puurunen, Chem. Vap. Deposition 20 (2014) 332-344;
https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.201402012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuomo_Suntola
Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL) airport, 1983
Dr. Suntola’s
1st experiment
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Invention: Molecular Layering, 1960s
Prof. Valentin Borisovich
Aleskovskii
Prof. Stanislav Ivanovich
Koltsov
Essay on ML: Malygin et al., Chem. Vap.
Deposition 21 (2015) 216-240,
DOI: 10.1002/cvde.201502013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Aleskovsky
Malygin & particle ML-ALD
reactor 1982
10
“Framework
hypothesis”
Virtual Project on the History of ALD
vph-ald.com Worldwide collaborative effort, in
an atmosphere of openness, respect and trust
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EuroCVD 22 -
Baltic ALD 16, in
Luxembourg,
June 24-28,
2019. Virtual
Project on the
History of ALD
(VPHA).
Abstract Poster
http://vph-ald.com
aldhistory.blogspot.fi
Review Article: Recommended reading list of early
publications on atomic layer deposition—Outcome
of the “Virtual Project on the History of ALD”
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 35,
010801 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4971389
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Same ALD
principles,
many
practices
Van Ommen, Goulas, Puurunen,
“Atomic layer deposition” in
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of
Chemical Technology, 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00
059
CC BY 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
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Conformality: core ALD characteristic
Arts et al., Chem. Mater. 33 (2021) 5002–5009.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00781
13
Puurunen, Kattelus, Suntola, Atomic Layer Deposition in
MEMS technology, Handbook of Silicon-based MEMS
materials and Technologies, 2010,
https://doi.org/10.1016/C2009-0-19030-X
Van Ommen, Goulas, Puurunen, “Atomic layer deposition” in
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00059 CC BY 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
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Conformality test structures
PillarHallTM
Ylilammi et al. J.
Appl. Phys. 123,
205301 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.106
3/1.5028178
Miikkulainen et al.,
J. Appl. Phys. 113
(2013) 021301.
https://doi.org/10.1
063/1.4757907.
Continued at:
https://www.atomiclimit
s.com/alddatabase/
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Conformality
analysis &
modelling
Yim, Verkama et al. Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys. 24 (2022) 8645-8660.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP04758B
Yim, Ylivaara et al., Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys. 22 (2020) 23107-23120.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP03358H
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Fundamental progress
enabled by PillarHallTM
Arts et al., J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A 37,
030908 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5093620
θ
x
~
16
Method to extract kinetics
for thermal ALD (Kn >> 1)
Method to extract plasma
recombination probability for plasma-
enhanced ALD
Arts et al., J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 15, 8244–8252;
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01505
https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
i/The_Red_Vineyard#/med
ia/File:Red_vineyards.jpg
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Case: CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
Effect of Zn promoter location (ALD)
Support - ZrO2
Cu/ZnO/Zr
ZnO/Cu/Zr
ZnO/Zr
Cu/Zr
ZnO/Cu/ZnO/Zr
ZnO (by ALD)
Cu (by impregnation)
Arandia et al., Appl. Catal. B 321 (2023) 122046, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122046
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
1 2 3
CO
2
conversion,
%
a
Zr
Zn/Zr
Cu/Zr
Zn/Cu/Zr
Cu/Zn/Zr
Zn/Cu/Zn/Zr
450 K 500 K 550 K
No measured
activity
STY
methanol
0
100
200
300
425 450 475 500 525 550 575
c
0
1
2
3
4
425 450 475 500 525 550 575
b
b
450 K 500 K 550 K
STY
methanol
mmolCH3OH gCu
-1h-1
mmolCH3OH gcat
-1h-1
Conditions: 30 bar, H2/CO2/N2
(71/23/6, v/v/v); GHSV = 7500 h-1
0
100
200
300
425 450 475 500 525 550 575
c
0
1
2
3
4
425 450 475 500 525 550 575
b
b
450 K 500 K 550 K
STY
methanol
mmolCH3OH gCu
-1h-1
mmolCH3OH gcat
-1h-1
Space time yield
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Future
• Own powder ALD reactor being built
• EuropaCat 2023, several presentations
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“Sustainable Open Science”
Wikimedia Commons
Category: Atomic Layer Deposition
(K-O images pre-published with CC)
#ALDep
#IUPACchains2023
(Question!) ALD saturation profile -
open data
https://github.com/
Aalto-Puurunen
Puurunen, CC BY-SA 4.0
openlearning.aalto.fi ALD
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Conclusion
• Two independent inventions of ALD
• ALD: multitool for industrial applications and
academic research (Van Gogh, The Sower)
• ALD is fantastic, but not full monolayer per cycle
• Many practices for different substrate types
• “Sustainable Open Science”
• Thought: IUPAC terminology work -- ALD, too?
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
1 2 3
CO
2
conversion,
%
a
Zr
Zn/Zr
Cu/Zr
Zn/Cu/Zr
Cu/Zn/Zr
Zn/Cu/Zn/Zr
450 K 500 K 550 K
No measured
activity
STY
methanol
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Acknowledgements
• Prof. Ruud Van
Ommen, TU Delft
• Prof. Erwin Kessels
group (K. Arts),
TU Eindhoven
Aalto Catalysis group (Summer day 2023)
(Research Council of Finland)
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The Sower
Vincent van Gogh (1853 -
1890), Arles, November
1888
oil on canvas, 32.5 cm x
40.3 cm
Credits: Van Gogh
Museum, Amsterdam
(Vincent van Gogh
Foundation)
[vangoghmuseum-s0029V1962-
800.jpg;
brightness adjusted]
Editor's Notes
DescriptionEnglish: Schematics of some of the main commercial applications of atomic layer deposition (ALD): (a) Thin Film Electroluminescent Display; (b) 3-D Dynamic Random Access Memory; (c) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor; (d) write and read head of a hard disk; (e) silver coin; (f) passivated emitter and reactor contact cell (photovoltaic cell).More background info in: M. Ritala and M. Leskelä, “Chapter 2 - Atomic layer deposition,” in Handbook of Thin Films, H. Singh Nalwa, Ed. Burlington: Academic Press, 2002, pp. 103–159. S. K. Kim, S. W. Lee, J. H. Han, B. Lee, S. Han, and C. S. Hwang, “Capacitors with an Equivalent Oxide Thickness of <0.5 nm for Nanoscale Electronic Semiconductor Memory,” Adv. Funct. Mater., vol. 20, no. 18, pp. 2989–3003, 2010. K. E. Williams, “Hard disk-drive technology revolutionizes processing,” Solid State Technol., vol. 47, no. 9, pp. S21–S21, 2004. S. Maat and A. C. Marley, “Physics and Design of Hard Disk Drive Magnetic Recording Read Heads,” in Handbook of Spintronics, Y. Xu, D. D. Awschalom, and J. Nitta, Eds. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016, pp. 977–1028.
B. Macco, B. W. van de Loo, and W. M. Kessels, “Atomic layer deposition for high efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells,” in Atomic Layer Deposition in Energy Conversion Applications, Wiley, 2017, pp. 41–99.
Date25 March 2021SourceOwn workAuthorJ. Ruud van Ommen, Fenne B.M. van Ommen, Riikka L. Puurunen
I happen to have shared the university (TKK) and three work places (Microchemistry/Neste, VTT Semiconductor lab) with the Finnish inventor
The American Academy of Dermatology says that hair grows about 1/2 inch per month on average. That's a grand total of about 6 inches per year for the hair on your head.
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Discussion on this slide in: Discussion: https://twitter.com/rlpuu/status/1330129040720732161?s=20
Valentin Borisovich Aleskovskii
Stanislav Ivanovich Kol'tsov
Fundamental info on ALD processes missing. Growth per cycle, growth kinetics.
Saturation profile in well-defined high-aspect-ratio structures