Controlling interface oxygen for forming Ag ohmic contact to semi-polar (11-22) plane p-type GaN

Jae Seong Park; Jaecheon Han; Tae Yeon Seong

doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2014.10.009

Controlling interface oxygen for forming Ag ohmic contact to semi-polar (11-22) plane p-type GaN

Jae Seong Park, Jaecheon Han, Tae Yeon Seong

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Low-resistance Ag ohmic contacts to semi-polar (1 1 -2 2) p-GaN were developed by controlling interfacial oxide using a Zn layer. The 300 °C-annealed Zn/Ag samples showed ohmic behavior with a contact resistivity of 6.0 × 10^-4 Ω cm² better than that of Ag-only contacts (1.0 × 10^-3 Ω cm²). The X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) results showed that annealing caused the indiffusion of oxygen at the contact/GaN interface, resulting in the formation of different types of interfacial oxides, viz. Ga-oxide and Ga-doped ZnO. Based on the XPS and electrical results, the possible mechanisms underlying the improved electrical properties of the Zn/Ag samples are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	962-967
Number of pages	6
Journal	Superlattices and Microstructures
Volume	75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2014.10.009
Publication status	Published - 2014 Oct 16

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Park, J. S., Han, J., & Seong, T. Y. (2014). Controlling interface oxygen for forming Ag ohmic contact to semi-polar (11-22) plane p-type GaN. Superlattices and Microstructures, 75, 962-967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2014.10.009

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