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△ [13a-PA6-3] Reaction Pathway Analysis for Contraction or Expansion of Basal Plane Partial Dislocations in 4H-SiC
Keywords:dislocation, 4H-SiC, reaction pathway analysis
BPDs in 4H-SiC are converted into TEDs in order to reduce BPDs (BPD-TED conversion). In this work, we focused on the process of contraction of BPD partial dislocations, and investigated the influence of surface or surface morphology on this conversion. As a result of the reaction pathway analysis, in the vicinity of the surface, it was found that the mobility of C core partial dislocations is higher than that of Si core, and contractions of partial dislocations are easily occurred.