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Temperature-dependent studies of Ga2O3-based heterojunction devices are important in understanding its carrier transport mechanism, junction barrier potential, and stability at higher temperatures. In this study, we investigated the temperature-dependent device characteristics of the p-type γ-copper iodide (γ-CuI)/n-type β-gallium oxide (β‐Ga2O3) heterojunctions, thereby revealing their interface properties. The fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction showed excellent diode characteristics with a high rectification ratio and low reverse saturation current at 298 K in the presence of a large barrier height (0.632 eV). The temperature-dependent device characteristics were studied in the temperature range 273–473 K to investigate the heterojunction interface. With an increase in temperature, a gradual decrease in the ideality factor and an increase in the barrier height were observed, indicating barrier inhomogeneity at the heterojunction interface. Furthermore, the current–voltage measurement showed electrical hysteresis for the reverse saturation current, although it was not observed for the forward bias current. The presence of electrical hysteresis for the reverse saturation current and of the barrier inhomogeneity in the temperature-dependent characteristics indicates the presence of some level of interface states for the γ-CuI/β‐Ga2O3 heterojunction device. Thus, our study showed that the electrical hysteresis can be correlated with temperature-dependent electrical characteristics of the β‐Ga2O3-based heterojunction device, which signifies the presence of surface defects and interface states.
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We revealed the interface properties of p-type γ-copper iodide (γ-CuI) and n-type β-gallium oxide (β-Ga2O3) heterojunction.
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The developed heterostructure showed a large barrier height (0.632 eV) at the interface, which is stable at a temperature as high as 473 K.
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We confirmed the current transport mechanism at the interface of the heterojunction by analyzing the temperature dependent current–voltage characterization.
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1 Introduction
Among ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors, gallium oxide (Ga2O3), with a bandgap of 4.5–4.9 eV, has attracted significant attention for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photonics and power electronic device applications [1, 2]. β‐Ga2O3, with a monoclinic structure and lattice parameters of a = 12.22 Å, b = 3.0 Å, and c = 5.8 Å, is the most stable form among all the polymorphs of Ga2O3 at room temperature [3, 4]. It has been reported that electron mobility as high as 300 cm2 V−1 s−1 can be achieved in β‐Ga2O3 at room temperature. β‐Ga2O3 possesses a critical field strength higher than that of Si, SiC, and GaN semiconducting materials. The predicted critical field (Ebr) for β-Ga2O3 is 8 MV cm−1, whereas the measured Ebr, is 3.8 MV cm−1 [5]. Owing to its high chemical and mechanical stabilities (Young’s modulus of β-Ga2O3 = 232 GPa) and thermal stability (melting point 1820 °C), it is well suited for applications such as solar-blind photodetectors [6], light-emitting devices, and power electronic devices [7, 8]. β‐Ga2O3 exhibits n-type semiconducting behavior due to the presence of oxygen vacancies, similar to many other oxide semiconductors [9]. Most device fabrication approaches have adopted the Schottky junction or p-n heterojunction structure for practical applications [10, 11]. Thus, suitable materials for fabricating a Schottky or p-n junction of Ga2O3 are critical in achieving high device performance.
β‐Ga2O3-based Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) have been investigated for the development of high-voltage devices as well as solar-blind photodetectors [10, 12, 13]. Metal electrodes, such as Au (gold), Pt (platinum), and Ni (nickel), have been explored for the fabrication of β‐Ga2O3-based SBDs [3, 4, 14, 15]. We have demonstrated the integration of graphene with β‐Ga2O3 for the fabrication of deep-UV photo responsive SBD devices. SBDs are majority carrier devices, where the interface between the Ga2O3 and metal contacts plays a significant role in the device properties [14, 15]. By contrast, p-n junctions are minority carrier devices, which are important in achieving a low reverse saturation current and high breakdown voltage. Thus, a suitable p-type wide-bandgap semiconductor as a counterpart for the n-type Ga2O3 is significant for device fabrication [15, 16]. γ-CuI with a bandgap of ~ 3.1 eV and p-type carrier mobility of ~ 40 cm2 V−1 s−1 has been investigated for heterojunction devices with β‐Ga2O3 [17, 18]. The lattice mismatch between the cubic phase γ-CuI (111) and β‐Ga2O3 along the c-axis is approximately 2%, indicating the possibility of fabricating a compatible heterostructure of γ-CuI (111) and β‐Ga2O3 for heterojunction device applications [19,20,21,22].
Previously, Ranade et al. reported the integration of γ-CuI with gallium nitride (GaN), which is a III nitride wide-bandgap semiconductor, to form a p-n heterojunction with high-temperature stable photovoltaic action [18]. The successful fabrication of a γ-CuI/GaN heterojunction motivated us to explore the integration of p-type γ-CuI with β‐Ga2O3. In our previous study, we reported the observation of a DUV radiation-induced photovoltaic action for the γ-CuI/β‐Ga2O3 heterojunction. In contrast to our previous studies, herein, we revealed the behavior of the heterojunction interface in the γ-CuI/β‐Ga2O3 material system, which is significant for understanding its defect states, current transport mechanism, and temperature stability [23]. The temperature-dependent device characteristics were studied in the temperature range 273–473 K to investigate the heterojunction interface. With an increase in temperature, a gradual decrease in the ideality factor and an increase in barrier height were observed, indicating a barrier inhomogeneity at the heterojunction interface. Interestingly, we can correlate the electrical hysteresis and barrier inhomogeneity behavior of the γ-CuI/β‐Ga2O3 heterojunction device, thereby revealing the influence of the interface states on these parameters.
2 Materials and methods
Here, we used Sn-doped, n-type single-crystal β‐Ga2O3 (thickness of 650 μm, donor concentration of 3 × 1018 cm−3) purchased from Tamura Corporation, Japan. Approximately 0.05 g of copper iodide (γ-CuI) powder (purity ~ 95%), purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., was evaporated for 2 min in a vacuum chamber at a pressure of ~ 10–3 Pa and an applied current of 35 mA. The thickness of the γ-CuI layer was controlled by varying the deposition duration. Metal electrodes were deposited on the fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure to complete the device structure. Gold (Au) and indium (In) electrodes were deposited on top of the γ-CuI and backside of the β-Ga2O3, respectively, using a metal shadow mask with a thermal evaporator instrument under a high vacuum (~ 10–3 Pa). The CuI/β–Ga2O3 heterostructure samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. XRD studies were carried out using a Rigaku Smart Lab SE with Cu Kα radiation as the X-ray source (λav = 1.5406 Å). The surface of the heterostructure was analyzed using a JEOL JSM 5600 scanning electron microscope (SEM) at an accelerating voltage of 20 kV. Raman spectroscopy measurements on the β‐Ga2O3 and deposited CuI film were performed using an NRS 3300 laser Raman spectrometer at a laser excitation wavelength of 532.08 nm. UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy analysis was performed using a JASCO V-670 K spectrophotometer. The CuI film and Au and In metal electrodes were deposited using a ULVAC VPC-260F thermal evaporator. Current density–voltage (J–V) measurements were carried out using a two-probe system and a Keithley 2401 source meter at different device temperatures. The J–V characteristics of the heterostructure were analyzed at different temperatures (298–473 K) on a hot plate using a digital temperature controller.
3 Results and discussion
Figure 1a shows the XRD spectra of the β-Ga2O3 substrate and the fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure. A strong diffraction peak at 61.01° corresponding to the (020) reflection phase of β‐Ga2O3 was observed in both samples. Again, an additional high-intensity peak is observed at 26.06° corresponding to the (111) plane of the cubic-phase γ-CuI for the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure sample, which is in accordance with the JCPDS Card number 06-0246 [24, 25]. The predominantly (111)-oriented cubic-phase γ-CuI was obtained on the monoclinic β-Ga2O3 single-crystal substrate, which is consistent with previously reported results [21, 22]. Figure 1b shows the Raman scattering spectra of the single-crystal β‐Ga2O3 substrate and the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure. The low-frequency Raman peaks at 146, 17, and 201 cm−1 denote the liberation and translation of the tetrahedral/octahedral chains. The mid‐frequency Raman peaks at 348, 417, and 476 cm−1 are related to the distortion of the Ga2O6 octahedra. The high-frequency Raman peaks at 631, 654, and 767 cm−1 indicate the stretching and bending of the GaO4 tetrahedra, as shown in Fig. 1b. The high-intensity Ag Raman mode at 200 cm−1 signifies the high-quality crystalline nature of the β‐Ga2O3 sample used for the device fabrication [20]. Further, by analyzing the Raman spectra of the fabricated heterostructure, we observed an additional peak at 119 cm−1, corresponding to the deposited γ-CuI film on the β‐Ga2O3 substrate. The XRD spectra of the β‐Ga2O3 substrate and the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 sample can be correlated with the Raman analysis of the purity and crystalline nature of the prepared samples for the device fabrication. Figure 1c shows the UV absorption spectra of the γ-CuI film deposited on a glass substrate in comparison to the absorption spectra of β-Ga2O3. The γ-CuI film shows absorption peaks in the range of 350–400 nm, whereas the absorption for the β-Ga2O3 sample was obtained in the range of 190–280 nm. Thus, the bandgap width for the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction was 190–400 nm. Figure 1d shows the Tauc plot for calculating the optical bandgap of the deposited γ-CuI film, which was computed as 3.02 eV, consistent with previously reported values [26]. A Tauc plot of the β-Ga2O3 sample was plotted for comparison with the Tauc plot of the γ-CuI film. The optical band gap of β‐Ga2O3 was computed as 4.6 eV, which agrees with the theoretical value [1, 27]. Furthermore, the optical absorption study and the obtained bandgap can be correlated with the highly crystalline β‐Ga2O3 and γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure samples, as observed from the Raman and XRD analyses. Figure 1e shows the SEM image of the thermally evaporated γ-CuI film on β-Ga2O3. The thermally evaporated γ-CuI film on β-Ga2O3 showed a granular morphology, where the grain size of the γ-CuI and surface roughness may change with the deposition conditions. Figure 1f shows a tilted SEM image of the γ-CuI film on β-Ga2O3, presenting the thickness of γ-CuI around 1 μm. The thickness and uniformity of the film on the β-Ga2O3 substrate were controlled by the evaporation rate, where the thickness and uniformity of the γ-CuI film can significantly differ with the deposition rate. A heterojunction device was fabricated with the as-deposited γ-CuI film, where a persistent diode characteristic was obtained, as discussed next, with a device structure of Au/γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3/In.
Figure 2a shows the cross-section stick and ball crystal structure of the γ-CuI and β-Ga2O3 device interface. The electron affinities of the n-type β-Ga2O3 and p-type γ-CuI were in the range of 4.0 and 2.1–2.2 eV, respectively, which indicates the possibility of creating a large build-in field at the interface. The bandgaps of the two materials as calculated from the absorption spectra were 3.02 and 4.6 eV for γ-CuI and β-Ga2O3, respectively. As discussed here, owing to the large differences in the electron affinity and work function, a significant built-in field (\(\varphi_{{{\text{Ga}}_{2} {\text{O}}_{3} }} - \varphi_{{\gamma {\text{-CuI}}}} = V_{{{\text{bi}}}}\)) can be obtained at the interface of the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction [18, 28]. Figure 2b shows a schematic diagram of the fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 vertical heterojunction device. The Au and In electrodes were deposited on γ-CuI and β-Ga2O3, respectively, to fabricate them. The Au electrode was deposited on γ-CuI considering the similar work function in the range of 5.1 eV. A work function in the range 4.08–4.12 eV was selected considering the electron affinity of n-type β-Ga2O3 to be approximately 4.0 eV [23, 29]. The fabricated Au/γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3/In vertical heterojunction device was analyzed for its J–V characteristics. First, the device was analyzed at room temperature (298 K). Figure 2c shows the J–V characteristics at 298 K in the voltage range of − 2 to + 2 V under dark conditions. Good rectifying diode behavior was observed with low series resistance and a high rectification ratio (~ 104). Figure 2d shows the log plot of the J–V curve at room temperature. The diode characteristics can be compared with the previously reported results for γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 and diamond/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction diodes [11, 20]. The diode ideality factor (n), computed from the log plot, was found to be 3.5. The diode J–V characteristics can be expressed as follows, correlating the current and voltage with the ideality factor.
where J is the current density flowing through the diode, V is the voltage across the diode, J0 is the saturation current density, T is the temperature in Kelvin, q is the electron charge, and k is the Boltzmann’s constant. The n value determines the deviation from the ideal diode owing to the presence of a tunneling component and barrier inhomogeneity [30]. The ideality factor was higher than some of the previously reported values for β-Ga2O3 heterojunction devices [11, 15, 21, 22, 31,32,33,34]. In addition, the reverse saturation current was significantly low in the fabricated device, as can be observed from the J–V characteristics. Thus, the deposited γ-CuI on β-Ga2O3 is suitable for the fabrication of the vertical heterojunction device. Subsequently, we analyzed the temperature-dependent J–V characteristics to understand the current transport behavior at the heterojunction interface.
Figure 3a shows the temperature-dependent J–V characteristics of the Au/γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3/In heterojunction under an applied bias voltage of − 2 to + 2 V in the temperature range 298–373 K. The temperature-dependent analysis of the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure elucidated the interface properties and compatibility of the material system for device fabrication. The fabricated device showed consistent rectification diode characteristics as the temperature was increased to 373 K. Figure 3b shows the log plot with an increasing temperature. The forward current consistently increased with increase in temperature (Fig. 3a); however, the change in current was not significantly high, because the variation in the logarithm plot was not noticeably visible. The saturation current is significantly low, because of which a small change in current is pronounced in the logarithm plot in the reverse bias voltage. The reverse saturation current was slightly non-saturated at the reverse bias voltage for the measured temperature range. This can be attributed to the barrier inhomogeneity at the interface of γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3. Subsequently, the barrier height (φB) was analyzed by changing the temperature for the J–V characteristic using the reverse saturation current density equation.
where A* is Richardson’s constant (41 A cm−2 K−2 for β-Ga2O3), A is the contact area, q is the electron charge, T is the temperature in Kelvin, k is the Boltzmann constant, and φB is the effective barrier height.
Figure 3c shows the trends in n and φB at various temperatures. n decreased, and φB increased as the temperature increased from 298 to 373 K. The φB at the interface between γ-CuI and β-Ga2O3 was approximately 0.632 eV at room temperature (298 K) from the J–V characteristics, which is relatively higher than those of other β-Ga2O3 heterojunction devices. However, the measured barrier height was smaller than the theoretical value, as mentioned earlier, which may be due to the presence of a tunneling component at the heterojunction interface in the presence of the interface states [24].
Furthermore, the interface quality of the Au/γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3/In heterojunction was investigated. The J–V characteristics of the forward and reverse sweeps were measured to analyze the occurrence of electrical hysteresis under dark conditions. Figure 4a shows the forward and reverse sweeps under a bias voltage of + 2 V. The measured J–V curve showed no hysteresis effect for the forward bias voltage. Figure 4b shows the logarithmic plot of the J–V characteristics with a small electrical hysteresis in the reverse saturation current. As the reverse saturation current is much smaller, the electrical hysteresis becomes more prominent. The presence of electrical hysteresis in the reverse saturation current indicates some level of interface states for the fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction [29, 30]. Figure 4c shows the J–V characteristics of the fabricated device at 473 K, which still showed excellent rectification diode characteristics at a rectification ratio of 102. Further, the J–V characteristic was also measured at 523 K; however, the device properties were not consistent, as a dark color appeared around the Au electrode due to oxidation. The study of the high-temperature stability of the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 device is an important aspect to confirm the suitability of the fabricated heterojunction device. Figure 4d shows the probable energy band diagram for the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction device at equilibrium. The energy band diagram was configured from the electron affinity and bandgap values of n-type β-Ga2O3 (χ = 4.0 eV; Eg = 3.02 eV) and p-type γ-CuI (χ = 2.1–2.2 eV; Eg = 4.6 eV). Because the electron affinities of the two semiconductors are significantly different, a large band bending as well as a large barrier potential at the heterojunction interface can be estimated [24, 35,36,37]. The band diagram also represents the suitability of both the semiconductors for heterojunction device applications, where the formation of an interface with the deposition process can significantly affect the device performance. From the temperature-dependent analysis, it can be observed that the γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction is quite stable with consistent highly rectifying diode characteristics. Most importantly, the experimental results suggest that the observed barrier inhomogeneity from the temperature-dependent J–V analysis can be correlated with the electrical hysteresis of the diode characteristics, which signifies the presence of surface defects and interface states.
4 Conclusions
We investigated the temperature-dependent device characteristics of the p-type γ-CuI and n-type β‐Ga2O3 heterojunctions, thereby analyzing the interface properties. A predominantly (111)-oriented cubic-phase γ-CuI was deposited on a β‐Ga2O3 substrate by evaporation. The fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction showed excellent diode characteristics with a high rectification ratio and low reverse saturation current at 298 K, in the presence of a large barrier height of 0.632 eV. A decrease in the ideality factor and an increase in barrier height were observed when the temperature was increased from 298 to 373 K, indicating a barrier inhomogeneity at the heterojunction interface due to the surface defects present there. The electrical analysis also showed a small hysteresis effect on the reverse saturation current for the fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction. The presence of electrical hysteresis for the reverse saturation current and the barrier inhomogeneity in the temperature-dependent characteristics indicates the presence of some level of interface states. Irrespective of the exsistence of surface defects and interface states, a rectifying diode characteristic was obtained at temperatures as high as 473 K for the fabricated γ-CuI/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction. Our study revealed that the electrical hysteresis and temperature-dependent electrical characteristics of the β‐Ga2O3-based heterojunction device could be significant and correlated in identifying interface properties.
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Venkata Krishna Rao, R., Ranade, A.K., Desai, P. et al. Temperature-dependent device properties of γ-CuI and β-Ga2O3 heterojunctions. SN Appl. Sci. 3, 796 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04774-3
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