Ambient air effects on electrical characteristics of GaP nanowire transistors

Donghun Kang; Ju Hue Ko; Eunju Bae; Jaewoong Hyun; Wanjun Park; Byoung Kye Kim; Ju Jin Kim; Cheoljin Lee

doi:10.1063/1.1818714

Ambient air effects on electrical characteristics of GaP nanowire transistors

Donghun Kang, Ju Hue Ko, Eunju Bae, Jaewoong Hyun, Wanjun Park, Byoung Kye Kim, Ju Jin Kim, Cheoljin Lee

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Gallium phosphide (GaP) nanowire transistors were fabricated in back-gated structure, and their electrical characteristics were measured systematically in both air and vacuum. The transistors turn on typically between -5 and -7 V in ambient air. However, a large threshold voltage (V_th) shift, ∼10 V, toward negative gate bias was observed in vacuum. After the transistors were exposed to air for 48 h, V_th returned to the similar value in ambient air, implying a reversible process. The rate of V_th shift slows down when they were exposed to N₂ in comparison with that of air. The shift of V_th is believed to be related to the charge transfer from the surface of GaP nanowire to the physically adsorbed OH or oxygen. In addition, the observed V_th shift from the GaP nanowire transistors can be explained by the conventional n-channel depletion mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.

Original language	English
Article number	4
Pages (from-to)	7574-7577
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	96
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1818714
Publication status	Published - 2004 Dec 15
Externally published	Yes

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