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Electrically Conductive Pt-Zr-B and Pt-Si Thin Films for Use in High Temperature Harsh Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2015

R.J. Lad ,
D.M. Stewart ,
R.T. Fryer ,
J.C. Sell ,
D.J. Frankel ,
G.P. Bernhardt  and
R.W. Meulenberg
R.J. Lad
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5708, U.S.A.
D.M. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5708, U.S.A.
R.T. Fryer
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5708, U.S.A.
J.C. Sell
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5708, U.S.A.
D.J. Frankel
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5708, U.S.A.
G.P. Bernhardt
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5708, U.S.A.
R.W. Meulenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5708, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Stable, electrically conductive, thin film materials are key components for high temperature sensors operating in harsh environments. In this work, nanocomposite Pt-Zr-B and Pt-Si thin film materials were grown to a nominal thickness of 200 nm on both r-cut sapphire (α-Al2O3) substrates using e-beam evaporation, and their structure, morphology, and chemical composition was characterized following thermal treatments in an air laboratory furnace up to 1300°C. In the Pt-Zr-B system, oxidation of a nanolaminate architecture consisting of ZrB2 and pure Pt layers leads to boron oxide evaporation and the formation of Pt grains decorated by tetragonal-ZrO2 nanocrystallites at high temperature. Electrical conductivity measurements with a 4-point probe show that this nanocomposite film structure can maintain a film conductivity > 1x106 S/m up to 1300°C, depending on the Pt/ZrB2 layer thickness ratio. In the Pt-Si system, film compositions were varied to yield either nanocrystalline Pt3Si, Pt2Si, or PtSi phases depending on the Pt-Si ratio, or an amorphous phase at high Si content. Above 1000°C in air, Pt-oxide and Si-oxide phases form and coexist with the Pt-Si phases, and some Pt-Si film conductivities remain as high as 1x106 S/m after annealing at 1000°C for 6 hours. It was found that a 100 nm thick amorphous alumina capping layer grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) aids in limiting film oxidation, but film stress leads to regions of delamination.

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coatingcompositeelectrical properties
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1746: Symposium GG – Nanomaterials for Harsh Environment Sensors and Related Electronic and Structural Components—Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Utilization , 2015 , mrsf14-1746-gg04-08
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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