Charge collection and trapping mechanisms in hexagonal boron nitride epilayers

Almohammad, M.; Li, J.; Lin, J. Y.; Jiang, H. X.

doi:10.1063/5.0074409

Charge collection and trapping mechanisms in hexagonal boron nitride epilayers

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 23:00:00 EST 2021 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0074409· OSTI ID:1978999

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Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (United States); Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (United States)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (United States)

Understanding charge collection and trapping mechanisms is crucial for using hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) as active layers for many photonic and electronic devices such as deep UV detectors and emitters, neutron detectors, and single photon emitters. Charge collection and trapping mechanisms in h-BN epilayers have been investigated by probing impurity related optical emissions under an applied electrical field. Our results suggested that the existence of oxygen impurities affects the charge collection efficiency and results in an additional emission peak at 3.75 eV, corresponding to a donor-acceptor pair (DAP) recombination involving O_N (oxygen residing on the nitrogen site) donors and the V_B-H (boron vacancy bonded with hydrogen complex) deep level acceptors. Experimental results further revealed that the applied electric field induces an anti-correlation between the emission intensity of the DAP transition and the charge collection efficiency from which it was shown that it is possible to find an expression to quantitatively measure the maximum charge collection efficiency in h-BN. The results introduce not only a coherent picture for the relationship between common impurities in h-BN and charge collection and trapping mechanisms but also useful insights into possible approaches to improve the quality, purity, and charge collection of the h-BN epilayers.

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Research Organization:: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); AT&T Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000964; AR0001257

OSTI ID:: 1978999

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 119; ISSN 0003-6951

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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