1. Temperature dependent diffusion and epitaxial behavior of oxidized Au/Ni/p-GaN ohmic contact
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Hu, C.Y., Qin, Z.X., Feng, Z.X., Chen, Z.Z., Ding, Z.B., Yang, Z.J., Yu, T.J., Hu, X.D., Yao, S.D., and Zhang, G.Y.
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PROPERTIES of matter , *SEMICONDUCTOR doping , *SEMICONDUCTOR-metal boundaries , *SPECTRUM analysis - Abstract
Abstract: The temperature dependent diffusion and epitaxial behavior of oxidized Au/Ni/p-GaN ohmic contact were studied with Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy/channeling (RBS/C) and synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD). It is found that the Au diffuses to the surface of p-GaN to form an epitaxial structure on p-GaN after annealing at 450°C. At the same time, the O diffuses to the metal–semiconductor interface and forms NiO. Both of them are suggested to be responsible for the sharp decrease in the specific contact resistance (ρ c) at 450°C. At 500°C, the epitaxial structure of Au develops further and the O also diffuses deeper into the interface. As a result, the ρ c reaches the lowest value at this temperature. However, when annealing temperature reaches 600°C, part or all of the interfacial NiO is detached from the p-GaN and diffuses out, which cause the ρ c to increase greatly. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2006
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