Fundamentals of the metal contact to p-type GaN: new multilayer design

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Autores principales: Sakowski, Konrad, Strak, Paweł, Krukowski, Stanislaw
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Publicado: 2025
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author Sakowski, Konrad
Strak, Paweł
Krukowski, Stanislaw
author_facet Sakowski, Konrad
Strak, Paweł
Krukowski, Stanislaw
contents Electrical properties of contact to p-type nitride semiconductor devices, based on gallium nitride were simulated by ab initio and by drift-diffusion calculations. The contact electric properties are shown to be dominated by electron transfer form metal to GaN related to Fermi level difference both by ab initio and model calculation. The results indicate on high potential barrier for holes leading to nonohmic character of the contact. The electrical nature of the Ni-Au contact formed by annealing in oxygen atmosphere is elucidated. The doping influence on the potential profile in p-type GaN was calculated by in drift-diffusion model. The energy barrier height and width for hole transport is determined. Based on these results, new type of the contact, is proposed. The contact is created employing multiple layer implantation of the deep acceptors. The implementation of such design promise to attain superior characteristics (resistance) as compared to other contacts used in bipolar nitride semiconductor devices. The development of such contact will remove one of the main obstacles in the development of highly efficient nitride optoelectronic devices both LEDs and LDs: energy loss and the excessive heat production close to the multiple quantum wells system
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spellingShingle Fundamentals of the metal contact to p-type GaN: new multilayer design
Sakowski, Konrad
Strak, Paweł
Krukowski, Stanislaw
Materials Science
Electrical properties of contact to p-type nitride semiconductor devices, based on gallium nitride were simulated by ab initio and by drift-diffusion calculations. The contact electric properties are shown to be dominated by electron transfer form metal to GaN related to Fermi level difference both by ab initio and model calculation. The results indicate on high potential barrier for holes leading to nonohmic character of the contact. The electrical nature of the Ni-Au contact formed by annealing in oxygen atmosphere is elucidated. The doping influence on the potential profile in p-type GaN was calculated by in drift-diffusion model. The energy barrier height and width for hole transport is determined. Based on these results, new type of the contact, is proposed. The contact is created employing multiple layer implantation of the deep acceptors. The implementation of such design promise to attain superior characteristics (resistance) as compared to other contacts used in bipolar nitride semiconductor devices. The development of such contact will remove one of the main obstacles in the development of highly efficient nitride optoelectronic devices both LEDs and LDs: energy loss and the excessive heat production close to the multiple quantum wells system
title Fundamentals of the metal contact to p-type GaN: new multilayer design
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15163