Project „SONATA-16"
The first AlGaN bulk crystal for efficient UV emitters - breaking the barriers in crystallization using GaN seeds of exceptional structural quality
Project is carried out from 2021-06-18 to 2024-06-17
Project Number
2020/39/D/ST5/01611
Allocated funding
1 459 800,00zł
Project Description
SONATA 16 is a project implemented by the National Science Center, targeting scientists who have obtained their PhD degree within 2 to 7 years prior to the year of application. Applicants have the opportunity to seek funding for basic research projects with durations of 12, 24, or 36 months. This initiative underscores the commitment of the National Science Center to support fundamental research and assist in the professional development of early-career researchers.
Project Goal
The main goal of this project is to investigate the crystallization process of thick layers of aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) by HVPE method and demonstrating, first time in the world, a free-standing AlGaN crystal of very high structural quality. Gallium nitride (GaN) seeds of the highest structural quality will be used in the crystal growth processes. The deposited AlGaN layers, up to 300-μm-thick, should be crack-free with a uniform Al composition reaching 30%. They are necessary for fabricating 300 nm UV emitters.
International Collaboration
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Publications
Project results have been published in:
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Jaroszynska, A.; Dabrowski, M.; Sadovy, P.; Bockowski, M.; Czernecki, R.; Sochacki, T. On Morphology of Aluminum–Gallium Nitride Layers Grown by Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy: The Role of Total Reactants’ Pressure and Ammonia Flow Rate. Materials 2024, 17, 3446.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17143446 -
Arianna Jaroszynska, Petro Sadovyi, Karol Pozyczka, Michal Fijalkowski, Pawel Kempisty, Robert Kucharski, Michal Bockowski, Tomasz Sochacki, The influence of hydrogen admixture in the carrier gas on aluminum gallium nitride growth in halide vapor phase epitaxy, Journal of Crystal Growth 671 (2025) 128372
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2025.128372 -
Lutz Kirste, Thu Nhi Tran-Caliste, Tomasz Sochacki, Jan L. Weyher, Patrik Stranak, Robert Kucharski, Karolina Grabianska, Jos´e Baruchel, Michal Bockowski, Bragg diffraction imaging characterization of crystal defects in GaN (0001) substrates: Comparison of the growth method and the seed approach. Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 71 (2025) 100668
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2025.100668
Submitted patents
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Professor
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PhD Theses
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Master theses
Defended master thesis at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology:
- Crystallization of gallium-aluminum nitride (AlxGa1-xN) thin films by halide vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) method - M. Dąbrowski
Lectures
Project results have been presented by:
- 2023 – International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-20) – Naples, Italy (30 July - 4 August) – T. Sochacki – contributed talk – “Preliminary studies on halide vapor phase epitaxy of AlGaN alloy on GaN substrates"
- 2023 – 14th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors(ICNS-14) – Fukuoka, Japan (12-17 November) – T. Sochacki – contributed talk – “Preliminary Studies on Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy of AlGaN Alloy on GaN Substrates”
- 2024 – 8th European Conferece on Crystal Growth (ECCG8) – Warsaw, Poland (21-25 July) – A. Jaroszyńska – contributed talk – “Growth of AlGaN layers on GaN substrates using Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy technology: Road to novel nitride”
- 2024 –European Materials Research Society (E-MRS 2024 Fall Meeting) - Warsaw, Poland (16-19 September) – A. Jaroszyńska – contributed talk – “Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy of AlGaN: Perspectives for the development of novel nitride substrates”
- 2024 –12th International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors (IWN 2024) - O’ahu, Hawai’i, USA (3-8 November) - A. Jaroszyńska – contributed talk – “Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy of AlxGa1-xN: Perspectives for the development of novel nitride substrates”