Heterojunction p-Cu2O/n-β-Ga2O3 diodes were fabricated on an epitaxially grown β-Ga2O3(001) layer. The reverse breakdown voltage of these p-n diodes reached 1.49 kV with a specific on-resistance of 8.2 mΩ cm2. The leakage current of the p-n diodes was lower than that of the Schottky barrier diode due to the higher barrier height against the electron. The ideality factor of the p-n diode was 1.31. It indicated that some portion of the recombination current at the interface contributed to the forward current, but the diffusion current was the dominant. The forward current more than 100 A/cm2 indicated the lower conduction band offset at the hetero-interface between Cu2O and Ga2O3 layers than that predicted from the bulk properties, resulting in such a high forward current without limitation. These results open the possibility of advanced device structures for wide bandgap Ga2O3 to achieve higher breakdown voltage and lower on-resistance.
We have developed highly crystallized n-type microcrystalline Si layers as window layers for rear emitter Si heterojunction solar cells. We introduce a seed layer between an n-type microcrystalline Si layer and an intrinsic amorphous Si layer to improve the crystallinity of the n-type microcrystalline Si layer. By using this stacked layer instead of an n-type amorphous Si layer, the contact resistance between the n-type thin layer and In2O3:H is reduced without Al-doped ZnO. As a result, we obtain a high short-circuit current and a high fill factor simultaneously, and achieve a solar cell efficiency of 23.43%.
In this work, Gd 2 O 3 thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy on Si(1 1 1) substrates were investigated by various diffraction methods. The Gd 2 O 3 layers exhibit a highly perfect cubic bixbyite structure with a single domain orientation, low lattice mismatch with Si and good crystallinity. Threefold in-plane symmetry and bright streaky patterns were observed during the oxide growth by in situ high-energy electron diffraction. X-ray diffraction results demonstrate that Gd 2 O 3 on Si(1 1 1) is fully epitaxial with a single domain orientation with a [
LaLuO 3 layers are epitaxially grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy using high temperature effusion sources. Samples are prepared by simultaneous as well as alternating growth of La2O3 and Lu2O3. Grazing incidence x-ray diffraction indicates that the resulting crystal structure of the alloys is cubic. Simultaneous and alternating growth with a monolayer period lead to the same distribution of La and Lu with no preferential ordering. In all cases the lattice mismatch to Si is less than 0.6%. The experimental results are analyzed by studying the energetics of hexagonal, bixbyite, and perovskite (La1−xLux)2O3 crystal structures employing density functional theory.
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