J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2025, Vol. 209: 196-206.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2024.05.023

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N-doped β-Ga2O3/Si-doped β-Ga2O3 linearly-graded p-n junction by a one-step integrated approach

Chenxing Liua, Zhengyuan Wua,*, Hongchao Zhaia, Jason Hoob, Shiping Guob, Jing Wana, Junyong Kangc, Junhao Chua, Zhilai Fanga,*   

  1. aSchool of Information Science and Technology, and Institute of Optoelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China;
    bAdvanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc., 188 Taihua Road, Shanghai 201201, China;
    cCollaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Devices, Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2024-03-20 Accepted:2024-05-12 Published:2025-02-20 Online:2024-05-28
  • Contact: *E-mail addresses: zhengyuanwu@fudan.edu.cn (Z. Wu), zlfang@fudan.edu.cn (Z. Fang)

Abstract: The p-n junction is the foundation building structure for manufacturing various electronic and optoelectronic devices. Ultrawide bandgap semiconductors are expected to overcome the limited power capability of Si-based electronic device, however, it is very difficult to achieve efficient bipolar doping due to the asymmetric doping effect, thereby impeding the development of p-n homojunction and related bipolar devices, especially for the Ga2O3-based materials and devices. Here, we demonstrate a unique one-step integrated growth of p-type N-doped ($\bar{2}01$) β-Ga2O3/n-type Si-doped ($\bar{2}01$) β-Ga2O3 films by phase transition and in-situ pre-doping of dopants, and fabrication of full β-Ga2O3 linearly-graded p-n homojunction diode from them. The full β-Ga2O3 p-n homojunction diode possesses a large built-in potential of 4.52 eV, a high operation electric field > 2.90 MV/cm in the reverse-bias regime, good longtime-stable rectifying behaviors with a rectification ratio of 104, and a high-speed switching and good surge robustness with a weak minority-carrier charge storage. Our work opens the way to the fabrication of Ga2O3-based p-n homojunction, lays the foundation for full β-Ga2O3-based bipolar devices, and paves the way for the novel fabrication of p-n homojunction for wide-bandgap oxides.

Key words: β-Ga2O3 films, in-situ pre-doping, Linearly-graded p-n junction, Forward and reverse characteristics, Built-in potential