An all-perovskite p-n junction based on transparent conducting p-La1-xSrxCrO3 epitaxial layers

Du, Yingge; Li, Chen; Zhang, Kelvin H. L.; McBriarty, Martin E.; Spurgeon, Steven R.; Mehta, Hardeep S.; Wu, Di; Chambers, Scott A.

doi:10.1063/1.4997410

An all-perovskite p-n junction based on transparent conducting p-La_1-xSr_xCrO₃ epitaxial layers

Journal Article · Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 UTC 2017 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4997410· OSTI ID:1375367

^[1]; Li, Chen ^[2]; Zhang, Kelvin H. L. ^[3]; McBriarty, Martin E. ^[1]; ^[1]; Mehta, Hardeep S. ^[1]; ^[2]; Chambers, Scott A. ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Nanjing Univ., Nanjing (China)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Xiamen Univ., Xiamen (China)

Transparent, conducting p-La_1-xSr_xCrO₃ epitaxial layers were deposited on Nb-doped SrTiO₃(001) by oxygen-assisted molecular beam epitaxy to form structurally coherent p-n junctions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveals a type II or “staggered” band alignment, with valence and conduction band offsets of 2.0 eV and 0.9 eV, respectively. Diodes fabricated from these heterojunctions exhibit rectifying behavior, and the I-V characteristics are different from those for traditional semiconductor p-n junctions. A rather large ideality factor is ascribed to the complex nature of the interface.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1375367

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1374210

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--124623; 49306; KC0203020

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 111; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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