Comparative
experimental and theoretical studies of the fluorine/oxygen
ratio influence on the structural and electronic properties of the
anodic layer (AL)/InAs interface by XPS, HRTEM, C–V (77K)
measurements and ab initio calculation of fluorine and oxygen adsorption
on the InAs(111)A-(1 × 1) unreconstructed surface were performed.
The well-ordered transition layer (TL), composed of indium and arsenic
oxyfluorides, and extension of the interplanar distance at the fluorinated
anodic layer (FAL)/InAs interface were experimentally revealed. The
theoretical modeling of AL/InAs and FAL/InAs interfaces showed that
the fluorinated TR formation removes the InAs surface distortion,
whereas the In(InAs)–F–As(FAL) and In(InAs)–O–As(FAL)
bond formation is a reason for the interplanar distance increase between
FAL and the InAs surface. The decrease of the interface state density
in the InAs bandgap and the Fermi level unpinning at the FAL/InAs
interface result from the positive charge increase on FAL arsenic
atoms near the InAs surface during the As–F bonds formation,
while the electron accumulation on oxygen atoms and InAs subsurface
arsenic atoms is the reason for the states appearance in the InAs
bandgap at the anodic (native) oxide/InAs interface.