DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Underlying mechanism of structural transformation between GaSb and GaAs response to intense electronic excitation

Journal Article · · Materials & Design

Ion irradiation of semiconductors has emerged as a promising approach for fabricating self-organized nanosystems with high atomic precision, despite often being accompanied by undesirable phenomena. Exploring the mechanisms underlying structural transformations is crucial for assessing nanostructure array types under complex irradiation environments. By quantitatively calculating the thermodynamically driven processes and analyzing the impact of intrinsic structural parameters, distinct structural transformations in response to intense electronic excitation are systematically investigated in gallium antimonide (GaSb) and gallium arsenide (GaAs) systems. In high-energy regimes, the nanofibers layer of GaSb exhibits intriguing structural discrepancy, characterized by partial nanofibers with coherent boundaries, interspersed nanopores accompanied by antisite defects and Ga precipitates, distinguishing to a series of discontinuous latent tracks that emerged within cylindrical trajectories in GaAs. Furthermore, significant diffusion behaviors of the nanohillocks are discovered in GaAs, with higher average roughness than GaSb, driven by the gradient stress distribution influenced by the free-surface effects. The deposition energy for melting phase formation, Gibbs free energy, and Ga diffusion coefficients contribute to the distinctive structural features, evidencing relatively stable morphological configurations and higher irradiation resistance in GaAs. Consequently, special optoelectronic properties associated with structural discrepancies facilitate the design and optimization of material functionalities by irradiation technologies.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation; Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2480032
Journal Information:
Materials & Design, Journal Name: Materials & Design Vol. 248; ISSN 0264-1275
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (83)

Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition: A Versatile Tool for Various Device Applications journal November 2017
Structural Damage and Recrystallization Response of Garnet Crystals to Intense Electronic Excitation journal December 2022
Tailoring the Electronic Structures and Spectral Properties of ZnO with Irradiation Defects Generated Under Intense Electronic Excitation: A Combined Experimental and DFT Approach journal May 2024
Radiation‐Tolerant Electronic Devices Using Wide Bandgap Semiconductors journal September 2022
Printed GaAs Microstructures‐Based Flexible High‐Performance Broadband Photodetectors journal July 2022
GaSb-Based Solar Cells for Full Solar Spectrum Energy Harvesting journal July 2017
InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice with near room-temperature long-wave emission through interface engineering journal September 2021
Long-wave infrared emission properties of strain-balanced InAs/InxGa1−xAsySb1−y type-II superlattice on different substrates journal April 2024
Transient simulations of convection and solute segregation of GaAs growth in gradient freeze furnace journal February 1991
Transient thermal processes in heavy ion irradiation of crystalline inorganic insulators journal May 2000
An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the oxides of GaAs journal November 2001
Thermal expansion and lattice parameters of group IV semiconductors journal November 1996
High Hole Mobility of GaSb Relaxed Epilayer Grown on GaAs Substrate by MOCVD through Interfacial Misfit Dislocations Array journal February 2012
Nucleation of ordered particles at dislocations and formation of split patterns journal May 2007
Amorphization due to electronic energy deposition in defective strontium titanate journal April 2017
Free surface impact on radiation damage in pure nickel by in-situ self-ion irradiation: can it be avoided? journal June 2021
Impact of radiation-induced point defects on thermal carrier decay processes in GaAs journal January 2023
In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization of Al2O3/GaSb interface evolution journal August 2011
Evolution of porous network in GaSb under normally incident 60 keV Ar+-ion irradiation journal August 2014
Formation of GaAs by annealing of two-layer Ga-As electrodeposits journal October 2004
Concentration and structure inhomogeneities in GaSb(Si) single crystals grown at different heat and mass transfer conditions journal June 2007
Angle-resolved XPS structural investigation of GaAs surfaces journal April 2008
Improvement on the interface properties of p-GaAs/n-InP heterojunction for wafer bonded four-junction solar cells journal March 2019
Structural damage response of lanthanum and yttrium aluminate crystals to nuclear collisions and electronic excitation: Threshold assessment of irradiation damage journal November 2021
Electronic energy loss and ion velocity correlation effects in track production in swift-ion-irradiated LiNbO3: A quantitative assessment between structural damage morphology and energy deposition journal July 2022
Ultrahigh-energy and -power aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion microbatteries based on highly cation-compatible vanadium oxides journal September 2022
Enhanced comprehensive properties of stereolithography 3D printed alumina ceramic cores with high porosities by a powder gradation design journal December 2022
Pressure-driven anomalous thermal transport behaviors in gallium arsenide journal April 2023
Electron tomography on nanopores embedded in epitaxial GaSb thin films journal June 2015
Concentric core-shell tracks and spectroscopic properties of SrTiO3 under intense electronic excitation journal October 2022
SRIM – The stopping and range of ions in matter (2010)
  • Ziegler, James F.; Ziegler, M. D.; Biersack, J. P.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 268, Issue 11-12 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.091
journal June 2010
A comparative study of the structural and optical properties of Si-doped GaAs under different ion irradiation journal January 2021
Interaction of functionalized Ga2O3 NW-based room temperature gas sensors with different hydrocarbons journal November 2010
Enhancing Performance of a GaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs Nanowire Photodetector Based on the Two-Dimensional Electron–Hole Tube Structure journal February 2020
Individual Defects in InAs/InGaAsSb/GaSb Nanowire Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors Operating below 60 mV/decade journal June 2017
Mid-Infrared Lasing in Lead Sulfide Subwavelength Wires on Silicon journal December 2019
Enhanced Photoresponsivity of a GaAs Nanowire Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetector by Adjusting the Fermi Level journal August 2019
Monolithically Integrated InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Mid-Infrared Photodetectors on Silicon Substrates journal April 2016
High Current Density Esaki Tunnel Diodes Based on GaSb-InAsSb Heterostructure Nanowires journal October 2011
Single InAs/GaSb Nanowire Low-Power CMOS Inverter journal October 2012
GaAs photovoltaics and optoelectronics using releasable multilayer epitaxial assemblies journal May 2010
Three-dimensional deep sub-diffraction optical beam lithography with 9 nm feature size journal June 2013
Epitaxial growth of three-dimensionally architectured optoelectronic devices journal July 2011
Ultralow-threshold electrically pumped quantum-dot photonic-crystal nanocavity laser journal April 2011
Vectorized optoelectronic control and metrology in a semiconductor journal September 2020
Solid waste-derived carbon nanomaterials for supercapacitor applications: a recent overview journal January 2021
Thermal Conductivity of GaAs and GaAs 1− x P x Laser Semiconductors journal February 1965
Ion-irradiation-induced porosity in GaSb journal March 2005
Rectification and intrinsic photocurrent of GaAs∕Si photodiodes formed with pulsed-laser deposition at 1064nm journal October 2005
Mechanism of molecular beam epitaxy growth of GaN nanowires on Si(111) journal March 2007
Lattice thermal conductivity of group-IV and III–V semiconductor alloys journal September 2007
Optical investigation of type II GaSb∕GaAs self-assembled quantum dots journal December 2007
Room-temperature operation type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum-dot infrared light-emitting diode journal March 2010
The significance of in situ conditions in the characterization of GaSb nanopatterned surfaces via ion beam sputtering journal October 2011
The effect of native oxide on ion-sputtering-induced nanostructure formation on GaSb surfaces journal December 2012
Non-Debye heat capacity formula refined and applied to GaP, GaAs, GaSb, InP, InAs, and InSb journal August 2013
Antisites and anisotropic diffusion in GaAs and GaSb journal September 2013
Temporal evolution of nanoporous layer in off-normally ion irradiated GaSb journal March 2014
Mid-infrared characterization of refractive indices and propagation losses in GaSb/AlXGa1−XAsSb waveguides journal October 2015
Thermal conductivity of III-V semiconductor superlattices journal November 2015
Proton radiation effect on performance of InAs/GaSb complementary barrier infrared detector journal December 2015
Temperature measurements during high flux ion beam irradiations journal February 2016
Anisotropy of thermal expansion of GaAs on Si(001) journal June 1988
Mechanical and optical properties of silver-halide infrared transmitting fibers journal January 1997
Phase transformations of amorphous gasb-ge alloy at high pressures journal January 1997
Irradiation-induced defects in GaAs journal July 1985
How to control defect formation in monolithic III/V hetero-epitaxy on (100) Si? A critical review on current approaches journal August 2018
Towards GaAs thin-film tracking detectors journal September 2021
Specific Heats of Cu, GaAs, GaSb, InAs, and InSb from 1 to 30°K journal October 1968
Thermal conductivity of suspendedGaAsnanostructures: Theoretical study journal May 2006
Analysis of the intermediate-band absorption properties of type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum-dot photovoltaics journal September 2017
Self-Organized Ordering of Nanostructures Produced by Ion-Beam Sputtering journal January 2005
Galvanic corrosion behavior of GaAs in acid solutions journal May 2002
Thermal expansion of GaSb measured by temperature dependent x-ray diffraction
  • Nilsen, Tron Arne; Breivik, Magnus; Myrvågnes, Geir
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Materials, Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena, Vol. 28, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3336341
journal May 2010
Scanning Probe Evolution in Biology journal November 2003
Neutron Fourier diffractometer FSD for residual stress studies in materials and industrial components journal November 2010
Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations journal January 2013
Lattice Thermal Conductivity of GaAs journal March 2012
Void Formation and Structure Change Induced by Heavy Ion Irradiation in GaSb and InSb journal January 2010
One-Dimensional (1D) Nanostructured Materials for Energy Applications journal May 2021
Overview of the Current State of Gallium Arsenide-Based Solar Cells journal June 2021
Application of Proton Irradiation in the Study of Accelerated Radiation Ageing in a GaAs Semiconductor journal January 2023
High-Dose Electron Radiation and Unexpected Room-Temperature Self-Healing of Epitaxial SiC Schottky Barrier Diodes journal February 2019