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β-Ga2O3 thin films were grown on n-type GaN substrates using the sol–gel method. The forward-biased temperature dependent current–voltage (I–V–T) characteristics of Ni/β-Ga2O3/GaN structure have been investigated in the temperature range of 298–473 K. The apparent barrier height (\({\phi _{ap}}\)) increased while the ideality factor (n) decreased with the increase in temperature. Such a temperature dependent behavior of \({\phi _{ap}}\) and n was explained by the inhomogeneity of \({\phi _{ap}}\), which obeyed Gaussian distribution with zero-bias mean barrier height (\({\bar {\phi }_{B0}}\)) of 1.02 ± 0.02 eV and standard deviation (\({\sigma _{s0}}\)) of 153 ± 0.04 mV. Subsequently, \({\bar {\phi }_{B0}}\) and Richardson constant A* were obtained from the slope and intercept of the modified Richardson plot as 0.99 ± 0.01 e V and 67.2 A cm−2 K−2, respectively. The \({\bar {\phi }_{B0}}\) obtained from the modified Richardson plot was in good agreement with the theoretical value calculated from the work function of Ni and electron affinity of β-Ga2O3. The I–V–T characteristics of Ni/β-Ga2O3/GaN MOS structures can be successfully explained by the thermionic emission theory with a single Gaussian distribution of the barrier height.
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Gao, J., Kaya, A., Chopdekar, R.V. et al. A study of temperature dependent current–voltage (I–V–T) characteristics in Ni/sol–gel β-Ga2O3/n-GaN structure. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 11265–11270 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9213-y
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