Band alignment of h-BN/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure grown via ion beam sputtering deposition
Band alignment of h-BN/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure grown via ion beam sputtering deposition
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通过离子束溅射沉积生长的 h-BN/β-Ga2O3 异质结构的能带对准
DOI:
10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154559
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Xingwang Zhang
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作者:
Jingren Chen;Junhua Meng;Yong Cheng;Yiming Shi;Gaokai Wang;Jidong Huang;Siyu Zhang;Zhigang Yin;Xingwang Zhang
• For the first time, the high-quality few-layer h-BN with atomically flat surface is directly grown on the β-Ga 2 O 3 substrates. • The h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterostructure exhibits a type-Ⅱ staggered band alignment with conduction and valence band offsets of 1.42 and 0.47 eV. • The work function difference is determined to be 0.83 eV for the h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterostructure, leading to an upward/downward band bending in the h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 side. Integrating two-dimensional ultra-wide band gap hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) on β-Ga 2 O 3 surface into van der Waals heterostructures is of great interest for developing novel high-power devices and optoelectronic devices because of their unique properties. The energy band alignment at the heterointerface is critical for device design, however, the band alignment of h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterojunction has not been investigated to date. In this work, the h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterostructure is constructed by directly growing h-BN few-layer on the β-Ga 2 O 3 single crystal substrate using ion beam sputtering deposition method. The high-quality few-layer h-BN with the abrupt interface and smooth surface allow for the accurate determination of band alignment at the h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterointerface by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies. The valence and conduction band offsets are determined to be 0.47 and 1.42 eV for the h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterostructure, respectively, with a type-Ⅱ staggered band alignment. Furthermore, the electronic structures of h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterostructure are also investigated experimentally and theoretically. These results indicate that the h-BN/β-Ga 2 O 3 heterostructure has great potential in (opto)electronic devices.