ZrN nucleation layer provides backside ohmic contact to MBE-grown GaN nanowires
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| author | Tiagulskyi, Stanislav Yatskiv, Roman Sobanska, Marta Olszewski, Karol Zytkiewicz, Zbigniew R. Grym, Jan |
| author_facet | Tiagulskyi, Stanislav Yatskiv, Roman Sobanska, Marta Olszewski, Karol Zytkiewicz, Zbigniew R. Grym, Jan |
| contents | Self-assembled GaN nanowires are typically grown on Si substrates with convenient nucleation layers. Light-emitting devices based on arrays of GaN nanowires require that the nucleation layer is electrically conductive and optically nontransparent to prevent the absorption of generated light in the Si substrate. This study reports the molecular beam epitaxial growth of GaN nanowires on ZrN nucleation layers sputtered on sapphire and demonstrates that ZrN provides ohmic contact to dense vertical arrays of n-type GaN nanowires. The ohmic nature of the ZrN/n-type GaN nanowire contact is evidenced by the measurement of the current-voltage characteristics of individual as-grown nanowires using nanomanipulators in a scanning electron microscope. The limitations and advantages of single-nanowire measurements are discussed, and approaches to overcome these limitations are proposed. The feasibility of this concept is demonstrated by the measurement of single NWs with a p-n junction, exhibiting highly rectifying characteristics. |
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| spellingShingle | ZrN nucleation layer provides backside ohmic contact to MBE-grown GaN nanowires Tiagulskyi, Stanislav Yatskiv, Roman Sobanska, Marta Olszewski, Karol Zytkiewicz, Zbigniew R. Grym, Jan Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Self-assembled GaN nanowires are typically grown on Si substrates with convenient nucleation layers. Light-emitting devices based on arrays of GaN nanowires require that the nucleation layer is electrically conductive and optically nontransparent to prevent the absorption of generated light in the Si substrate. This study reports the molecular beam epitaxial growth of GaN nanowires on ZrN nucleation layers sputtered on sapphire and demonstrates that ZrN provides ohmic contact to dense vertical arrays of n-type GaN nanowires. The ohmic nature of the ZrN/n-type GaN nanowire contact is evidenced by the measurement of the current-voltage characteristics of individual as-grown nanowires using nanomanipulators in a scanning electron microscope. The limitations and advantages of single-nanowire measurements are discussed, and approaches to overcome these limitations are proposed. The feasibility of this concept is demonstrated by the measurement of single NWs with a p-n junction, exhibiting highly rectifying characteristics. |
| title | ZrN nucleation layer provides backside ohmic contact to MBE-grown GaN nanowires |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19129 |