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Title: Band alignment at epitaxial BaSnO3/SrTiO3(001) and BaSnO3/LaAlO3(001) heterojunctions

Abstract

In this work, we have spectroscopically determined the optical bandgaps and band offsets at epitaxial interfaces of BaSnO3 with SrTiO3(001) and LaAlO3(001). 28 u.c. BaSnO3 epitaxial films exhibit direct and indirect bandgaps of 3.56 ± 0.05 eV and 2.93 ± 0.05 eV, respectively. The lack of a significant Burstein-Moss shift corroborates the highly insulating, defect-free nature of the BaSnO3 films. The conduction band minimum is lower in electron energy in 5 u.c. films of BaSnO3 than in SrTiO3 and LaAlO3 by 0.4 ± 0.2 eV and 3.7 ± 0.2 eV, respectively. This result bodes well for the realization of oxide-based, high-mobility, two-dimensional electron systems that can operate at ambient temperature, since electrons generated in the SrTiO3 by modulation doping, or at the BaSnO3/LaAlO3 interface by polarization doping, can be transferred to and at least partially confined in the BaSnO3 film.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
  3. Characterization Facility, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
OSTI Identifier:
1700691
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1247019
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-115710
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951; TRN: US2204878
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; 10122
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Epitaxial; Heterojunctions; Heterostructures; Epitaxy; Electronic transport; Optical absorption; Optical properties; Density functional theory; Electronic band structure; Band gap; Crystal lattices; Mechanical stress

Citation Formats

Chambers, Scott A., Kaspar, Tiffany C., Prakash, Abhinav, Haugstad, Greg, and Jalan, Bharat. Band alignment at epitaxial BaSnO3/SrTiO3(001) and BaSnO3/LaAlO3(001) heterojunctions. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4946762.
Chambers, Scott A., Kaspar, Tiffany C., Prakash, Abhinav, Haugstad, Greg, & Jalan, Bharat. Band alignment at epitaxial BaSnO3/SrTiO3(001) and BaSnO3/LaAlO3(001) heterojunctions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946762
Chambers, Scott A., Kaspar, Tiffany C., Prakash, Abhinav, Haugstad, Greg, and Jalan, Bharat. Tue . "Band alignment at epitaxial BaSnO3/SrTiO3(001) and BaSnO3/LaAlO3(001) heterojunctions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946762. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1700691.
@article{osti_1700691,
title = {Band alignment at epitaxial BaSnO3/SrTiO3(001) and BaSnO3/LaAlO3(001) heterojunctions},
author = {Chambers, Scott A. and Kaspar, Tiffany C. and Prakash, Abhinav and Haugstad, Greg and Jalan, Bharat},
abstractNote = {In this work, we have spectroscopically determined the optical bandgaps and band offsets at epitaxial interfaces of BaSnO3 with SrTiO3(001) and LaAlO3(001). 28 u.c. BaSnO3 epitaxial films exhibit direct and indirect bandgaps of 3.56 ± 0.05 eV and 2.93 ± 0.05 eV, respectively. The lack of a significant Burstein-Moss shift corroborates the highly insulating, defect-free nature of the BaSnO3 films. The conduction band minimum is lower in electron energy in 5 u.c. films of BaSnO3 than in SrTiO3 and LaAlO3 by 0.4 ± 0.2 eV and 3.7 ± 0.2 eV, respectively. This result bodes well for the realization of oxide-based, high-mobility, two-dimensional electron systems that can operate at ambient temperature, since electrons generated in the SrTiO3 by modulation doping, or at the BaSnO3/LaAlO3 interface by polarization doping, can be transferred to and at least partially confined in the BaSnO3 film.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4946762},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 108,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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