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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
The electronic properties of the graphene (Gr) Schottky junction with an Al0.22Ga0.78N/GaN heterostructure on silicon have been investigated, both by experiment and with use of ab initio DFT calculations. A peculiarly high n-type doping (1.1 × 1013 cm–2), observed for Gr in contact with AlGaN, was explained by the combined effect of Fermi level pinning by AlGaN surface states and charge transfer. Spatially uniform current injection across the Gr/AlGaN/GaN heterojunction was revealed by nanoscale resolution conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM) analyses. Furthermore, a Gr/AlGaN/GaN Schottky diode with excellent rectifying behavior has been demonstrated and used as the key building block for a hot electron transistor (HET) with a 10 nm Al2O3 base-collector barrier. Thanks to the highly efficient hot electron injection from the AlGaN/GaN emitter, this transistor exhibits high on-state current density (JC …
Publisher: 
American Chemical Society
Publication date: 
10 Oct 2019
Authors: 

Filippo Giannazzo, Giuseppe Greco, Emanuela Schilirò, Raffaella Lo Nigro, Ioannis Deretzis, Antonino La Magna, Fabrizio Roccaforte, Ferdinando Iucolano, Sebastiano Ravesi, Eric Frayssinet, Adrien Michon, Yvon Cordier

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Volume: 1 Issue: 11 Pages: 2342-2354
Origin: 
ACS Applied Electronic Materials