Theoretical Insights for Improving the Schottky-Barrier Height at the Ga2O3/Pt Interface

Therrien, Felix; Zakutayev, Andriy; Stevanovic, Vladan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.064064

Theoretical Insights for Improving the Schottky-Barrier Height at the Ga2O3/Pt Interface

Journal Article · 28 December 2021 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.064064· OSTI ID:1841366

Therrien, Felix; ; Stevanovic, Vladan

In this work, we study the Schottky-barrier height (SBH) at the junction between ..beta..-Ga2O3 and platinum, a system of great importance for the next generation of high-power and high-temperature electronic devices. Specifically, we obtain interfacial atomic structures at different orientations using our structure-matching algorithm and compute their SBH using electronic structure calculations based on hybrid density-functional theory.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Advanced Manufacturing Office (EE-5A)

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308;

OSTI ID:: 1841366

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5K00-81921; MainId:82694; UUID:59235aa1-fdf6-47fb-964e-dc02c09923f9; MainAdminID:63680

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 16

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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