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Title: Layer-transferred MoS{sub 2}/GaN PN diodes

Abstract

Electrical and optical characterization of two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) p-molybdenum disulfide/n-gallium nitride (p-MoS{sub 2}/n-GaN) heterojunction diodes are reported. Devices were fabricated on high-quality, large-area p-MoS{sub 2} grown by chemical vapor deposition on sapphire substrates. The processed devices were transferred onto GaN/sapphire substrates, and the transferred films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). On-axis XRD spectra and surface topology obtained from AFM scans were consistent with previously grown high-quality, continuous MoS{sub 2} films. Current-voltage measurements of these diodes exhibited excellent rectification, and capacitance-voltage measurements were used to extract a conduction band offset of 0.23 eV for the transferred MoS{sub 2}/GaN heterojunction. This conduction band offset was confirmed by internal photoemission measurements. The energy band lineup of the MoS{sub 2}/GaN heterojunction is proposed here. This work demonstrates the potential of 2D/3D heterojunctions for novel device applications.

Authors:
; ; ; ;  [1]; ; ;  [2];  [1]
  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22482058
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GALLIUM NITRIDES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM SULFIDES; PHOTOEMISSION; SAPPHIRE; SPECTRA; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

Lee, Edwin W., Lee, Choong Hee, Paul, Pran K., Krishnamoorthy, Sriram, Arehart, Aaron R., Ma, Lu, McCulloch, William D., Wu, Yiying, Rajan, Siddharth, and Department of Material Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210. Layer-transferred MoS{sub 2}/GaN PN diodes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4930234.
Lee, Edwin W., Lee, Choong Hee, Paul, Pran K., Krishnamoorthy, Sriram, Arehart, Aaron R., Ma, Lu, McCulloch, William D., Wu, Yiying, Rajan, Siddharth, & Department of Material Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210. Layer-transferred MoS{sub 2}/GaN PN diodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930234
Lee, Edwin W., Lee, Choong Hee, Paul, Pran K., Krishnamoorthy, Sriram, Arehart, Aaron R., Ma, Lu, McCulloch, William D., Wu, Yiying, Rajan, Siddharth, and Department of Material Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210. 2015. "Layer-transferred MoS{sub 2}/GaN PN diodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930234.
@article{osti_22482058,
title = {Layer-transferred MoS{sub 2}/GaN PN diodes},
author = {Lee, Edwin W. and Lee, Choong Hee and Paul, Pran K. and Krishnamoorthy, Sriram and Arehart, Aaron R. and Ma, Lu and McCulloch, William D. and Wu, Yiying and Rajan, Siddharth and Department of Material Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210},
abstractNote = {Electrical and optical characterization of two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) p-molybdenum disulfide/n-gallium nitride (p-MoS{sub 2}/n-GaN) heterojunction diodes are reported. Devices were fabricated on high-quality, large-area p-MoS{sub 2} grown by chemical vapor deposition on sapphire substrates. The processed devices were transferred onto GaN/sapphire substrates, and the transferred films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). On-axis XRD spectra and surface topology obtained from AFM scans were consistent with previously grown high-quality, continuous MoS{sub 2} films. Current-voltage measurements of these diodes exhibited excellent rectification, and capacitance-voltage measurements were used to extract a conduction band offset of 0.23 eV for the transferred MoS{sub 2}/GaN heterojunction. This conduction band offset was confirmed by internal photoemission measurements. The energy band lineup of the MoS{sub 2}/GaN heterojunction is proposed here. This work demonstrates the potential of 2D/3D heterojunctions for novel device applications.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4930234},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482058}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 10,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}