Barrier Inhomogeneity and Electrical Properties of InN Nanodots/Si Heterojunction Diodes

Kumar, Mahesh and Roul, Basanta and Bhat, Thirumaleshwara N and Rajpalke, Mohana K and Kalghatgi, AT and Krupanidhi, SB (2011) Barrier Inhomogeneity and Electrical Properties of InN Nanodots/Si Heterojunction Diodes. In: Journal of Nanomaterials .

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Abstract

The electrical transport behavior of n-n indium nitride nanodot-silicon (InN ND-Si) heterostructure Schottky diodes is reported here, which have been fabricated by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. InN ND structures were grown on a 20 nm InN buffer layer on Si substrates. These dots were found to be single crystalline and grown along [0 0 0 1] direction. Temperature-dependent current density-voltage plots (J-V-T) reveal that the ideality factor (eta) and Schottky barrier height (SBH) (Phi(B)) are temperature dependent. The incorrect values of the Richardson constant (A**) produced suggest an inhomogeneous barrier. Descriptions of the experimental results were explained by using two models. First one is barrier height inhomogeneities (BHIs) model, in which considering an effective area of the inhomogeneous contact provided a procedure for a correct determination of A**. The Richardson constant is extracted similar to 110 A cm(-2) K(-2) using the BHI model and that is in very good agreement with the theoretical value of 112 A cm(-2) K(-2). The second model uses Gaussian statistics and by this, mean barrier height Phi(0) and A** were found to be 0.69 eV and 113 A cm(-2) K(-2), respectively.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Nanomaterials
Publisher:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Hindawi Publishing Corporation.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2012 07:32
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2012 07:32
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/44208

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