A high-quality β-Ga2O3 film was grown on a (111) GaAs substrate using the metal organic chemical vapor deposition method. The band alignment of the β-Ga2O3/GaAs heterojunction interface was determined by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The energy-band structure of β-Ga2O3/GaAs was constructed based on the binding energies of Ga 3d and As 3d core levels as well as valence band maximum values. The valence band offset was determined to be 3.50 ± 0.05 eV. As a consequence, a type-ΙΙ heterojunction with a conduction band offset of 0.12 ± 0.05 eV was determined in the present study. The accurate determination of the band alignment of the β-Ga2O3/GaAs heterojunction provided useful information for the application in β-Ga2O3/GaAs-based devices.
Monoclinic Ga2O3 (β-Ga2O3) films were grown on Si/SiO2 by using MOCVD. Then, we fabricated the solar-blind photodetector with a back-gate MOS structure. The device exhibited obvious photoresponse under 254-nm UV light illumination, and the photocurrent increased by five orders of magnitude, which could be controlled by VGS. The current generated under dark conditions could also be regulated by VGS and tended to constant when the regulation of VGS was reaching saturation. Meanwhile, VGS was confirmed to have a certain ability to regulate the photocurrent. The present device demonstrated excellent stability and fast response (rise) and recovery (decay) times under the 254-nm light illumination as well as a responsivity of 417.5 A/W, suggesting a valuable application in solar-blind UV photodetectors.
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