β-Ga2O3-Based Heterojunctions: Exploring Growth Orientations and Alloying Effect

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Auteurs principaux: Fadla, Mohamed Abdelilah, Agrawal, Khushabu, La Torraca, Paolo, Grüning, Myrta, Cherkaoui, Karim, Stella, Lorenzo
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author Fadla, Mohamed Abdelilah
Agrawal, Khushabu
La Torraca, Paolo
Grüning, Myrta
Cherkaoui, Karim
Stella, Lorenzo
author_facet Fadla, Mohamed Abdelilah
Agrawal, Khushabu
La Torraca, Paolo
Grüning, Myrta
Cherkaoui, Karim
Stella, Lorenzo
contents We investigate the effects of alloying and growth orientation on the properties of the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor β-Ga2O3 and pseudomorphic AlGaO alloy heterojunctions. Band offsets are computed from first principles using density functional theory (DFT) with the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof hybrid functional for different Al concentrations and four growth orientations, namely (100)B, (010), (001)B, and ($\bar{2}$01). Significant variations are found and ascribed to the strained pseudomorphic alloys. The values of the band offsets are fed into technology computer-aided design (TCAD) models of Schottky barrier diodes (SBD). I-V and C-V characteristics from the TCAD models show reasonable agreement with recent experimental measurements in the forward bias region. Discrepancies in the negative bias region are expected due to the ideality of the Schottky junctions considered in this study. Our findings underscore the importance of growth orientation and strain in modelling of β-Ga2O3-based SBD.
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spellingShingle β-Ga2O3-Based Heterojunctions: Exploring Growth Orientations and Alloying Effect
Fadla, Mohamed Abdelilah
Agrawal, Khushabu
La Torraca, Paolo
Grüning, Myrta
Cherkaoui, Karim
Stella, Lorenzo
Materials Science
Applied Physics
We investigate the effects of alloying and growth orientation on the properties of the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor β-Ga2O3 and pseudomorphic AlGaO alloy heterojunctions. Band offsets are computed from first principles using density functional theory (DFT) with the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof hybrid functional for different Al concentrations and four growth orientations, namely (100)B, (010), (001)B, and ($\bar{2}$01). Significant variations are found and ascribed to the strained pseudomorphic alloys. The values of the band offsets are fed into technology computer-aided design (TCAD) models of Schottky barrier diodes (SBD). I-V and C-V characteristics from the TCAD models show reasonable agreement with recent experimental measurements in the forward bias region. Discrepancies in the negative bias region are expected due to the ideality of the Schottky junctions considered in this study. Our findings underscore the importance of growth orientation and strain in modelling of β-Ga2O3-based SBD.
title β-Ga2O3-Based Heterojunctions: Exploring Growth Orientations and Alloying Effect
topic Materials Science
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12173