β-Ga 2 O 3 metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with various unintentionally doped (UID) layer thicknesses (50, 100, and 200 nm) of (2̅ 01) beneath the Si tetraethoxysilane (TEOS)-doped film were grown by metal− organic chemical vapor deposition on a (0001) sapphire substrate. The UID layer thickness causes the MOSFET turn-on current to increase from 1.7 to 700 μA/mm, R ON to decrease from 1.13 MΩ•mm to 3.8 kΩ•mm, and breakdown voltage to decrease from 910 to 240 V. Through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), we ascribe this increased turn-on current and reduced breakdown voltage to oxygen vacancies. KEYWORDS: β-Ga 2 O 3 , metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), unintentionally doped (UID) layers, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), metal−organic chemical vapor deposition, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)