Energy band diagram for SiO₂/Si system as evaluated from UPS analysis under vacuum ultraviolet with variable incident photon energy

Abstract

We have studied the energy band diagram for the Si surface and SiO 2 /Si system by using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) measurements. In the UPS measurements, monochromatized vacuum ultraviolet with variable incident photon energies below 10.50 eV was used in order to increase the detection limit of the depth from the surface and to understand the electronic states not only at the surface but also in the region near the interface of the stacked structure. From the incident photon energy dependence of the UPS spectral width, the energy level of the valence band top of the H-terminated Si surface and the electrical potential change in the SiO 2 /Si structure has been evaluated. Also, the vacuum work function value of the hetero-epitaxial Ag(111) surface has been investigated to check this measurement technique.