journal article·2022-02-14

Novel p-type oxides with corundum structure for gallium oxide electronics

Kentaro Kaneko, Shizuo Fujita

Journal of Materials Research· Volume 37· Issue 3
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Abstract

P-type ultra-wide bandgap materials have been desired for gallium oxide electronics. We show that the self-trapped exciton (STE) inα-Ga2O3is a stable state relative to the free exciton from analysis of Urbach tails in absorption spectra. The stable STE formation indicates strong localization of holes, which suggests thatα-Ga2O3is disadvantageous as a p-type semiconductor. Instead of doping methods, using p-type material that have the same crystal structure as Ga2O3is effective. An alloy thin film ofα-(Rh,Ga)2O3showed clear p-type conductivity with the large positive Hall coefficient. Theα-Ir2O3thin films also showed p-type conductivities. The origin of p-type conductivity is attributed to that 5d orbitals of Ir which consists the top of the valence band ofα-Ir2O3, being located at the upper energy level compared to 2p orbitals of oxygen atoms.Graphical abstract
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