Herein, the operation of dopant‐free GaN‐based p‐n junctions formed by distributed polarization doping (DPD) is experimentally demonstrated and their space charge profiles and carrier transport properties are investigated. The device exhibits ideal space charge profiles explained by polarization effects and demonstrates the excellent controllability of DPD. In addition, it shows rectification and electroluminescence under forward‐biased conditions. The carrier transport properties could be explained by the conventional recombination/diffusion model used for impurity‐doped p‐n junctions. Repeatable breakdowns are also observed in all devices and the temperature‐dependent breakdown voltages reveal that the breakdowns are caused by avalanche multiplication, which is also the same as those reported in impurity‐doped GaN p‐n diodes. These results indicate that DPD is a promising doping technology for GaN‐based power devices overcoming any issues associated with conventional impurity doping.
In-plane heterostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDCs)
have attracted much attention for high-performance electronic and
optoelectronic devices. To date, mainly monolayer-based in-plane heterostructures
have been prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and their optical
and electrical properties have been investigated. However, the low
dielectric properties of monolayers prevent the generation of high
concentrations of thermally excited carriers from doped impurities.
To solve this issue, multilayer TMDCs are a promising component for
various electronic devices due to the availability of degenerate semiconductors.
Here, we report the fabrication and transport properties of multilayer
TMDC-based in-plane heterostructures. The multilayer in-plane heterostructures
are formed through CVD growth of multilayer MoS2 from the
edges of mechanically exfoliated multilayer flakes of WSe2 or Nb
x
Mo1–x
S2. In addition to the in-plane heterostructures,
we also confirmed the vertical growth of MoS2 on the exfoliated
flakes. For the WSe2/MoS2 sample, an abrupt
composition change is confirmed by cross-sectional high-angle annular
dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy. Electrical transport
measurements reveal that a tunneling current flows at the Nb
x
Mo1–x
S2/MoS2 in-plane heterointerface, and the band alignment
is changed from a staggered gap to a broken gap by electrostatic electron
doping of MoS2. The formation of a staggered gap band alignment
of Nb
x
Mo1–x
S2/MoS2 is also supported by first-principles
calculations.
We report the first experimental demonstration of microwave oscillation in GaN impact ionization avalanche time transit (IMPATT) diodes at the X-band. The device used in this study is a single drift diode with a p+–n simple abrupt junction and vertical mesa termination. The reverse I–V characteristic of the diode shows low leakage current, clear avalanche breakdown, and high avalanche capability, as required for IMPATT operation. Microwave testing is performed in an X-band waveguide circuit with a reduced-height waveguide resonant cavity. Oscillations are observed at 9.52 GHz at a power of ∼56 mW.
A vertical GaN p+-n junction diode with an ideal breakdown voltage was grown by halide vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). A steep p+-n interface was observed even with the use of the HVPE method. No Si-accumulating layer was formed at the p+-n interface because of the continuous HVPE growth from the n-type drift layer to the p-type layer. This method provides improved electrical properties compared with the regrowth of p-type GaN layers. The minimum ideality factor of approximately 1.6 was obtained. The breakdown voltage increased from 874 to 974 V with the increase in the temperature from 25 to 200 °C, which suggests that avalanche multiplication causes the breakdown. The temperature-dependent breakdown voltage was in good agreement with the breakdown voltage calculated using the ideal critical electric field. These results indicate that HVPE is promising for the fabrication of vertical GaN power devices.
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