J. Murata et al., DECOMPOSITION OF TERTIARYBUTYLPHOSPHINE (TBP) ON THE SI(001) SURFACE STUDIED BY TDS, AES, AND XPS, Surface science, 319(1-2), 1994, pp. 120000013-120000016
Decomposition of tertiarybutylphosphine (TBP) on a clean Si(001) surfa
ce has been;studied by thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS), Auger el
ectron spectroscopy (AES), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
XPS results indicate that TBP adsorbs molecularly on the surface at R
T. We find that TBP starts to decompose at about 100 degrees C and thi
s temperature is lower by about 300 degrees C than in the gas phase. I
t decomposes to evolve 2-methyl-propyl radicals, 2-methyl-propylene, a
nd hydrogen, leaving phosphorus on the surface. The AES result shows t
hat no carbon species remain on the surface above 600 degrees C.