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Material: Scandium Nitride, ScN
Purity: >99.9%, 99.99%
Density: 4.4g/cc
Melting Point: > 2,600°C
CAS #: 25764-12-9
Other: Black Color, React with Water
Scandium Nitride (ScN) is a compound known for its remarkable properties and diverse applications. It is highly thermally stable, with a high melting point and impressive hardness, making it suitable for use in rigorous industrial settings. Its wide bandgap and high electron mobility make it a promising semiconductor material ideal for optoelectronic devices like LEDs and solar cells. Its magnetic characteristics, including its potential for ferromagnetism, have generated interest in spintronics and magnetic storage sectors. Its unique electronic structure also makes it a potential catalyst for various chemical reactions, emphasizing its significance in industrial processes like hydrogenation and nitrogen fixation.
Scandium nitride is a binary III-V semiconductor with an indirect bandgap of 0.9 eV and a direct bandgap of 2 to 2.4 eV. It comprises scandium cations and nitride anions, with a rock-salt crystal structure and a lattice constant of 0.451 nanometers. Synthesis methods include sublimation and recondensation on tungsten foil, dissolution of nitrogen gas with indium-scandium melts, magnetron sputtering, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). Scandium nitride is also an effective gate for semiconductors on substrates like silicon dioxide (SiO2) or hafnium dioxide (HfO2), which can be used to develop innovative applications in semiconductor technology. Its unique properties and crystal structure make it a pivotal material in advancing semiconductor research and development.
| Product Phase Ratio | Purity (%) | Particle size D50(μm) | Si(ppm) | Al(ppm) | Fe(%) | C(ppm) |
| ScN-001 | 99.99 | <5 | 10 | 5 | 0.12 | 80 |
| ScN-002 | 99.9 | 10 | 100 | 50 | 0.12 | 100 |
Scandium Nitride (ScN) is a versatile material with numerous applications across different industries due to its unique properties. Some of the notable applications include:
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