Fermi level pinning in heavily neutron-irradiated GaN

A. Y. Polyakov; N. B. Smirnov; A. V. Govorkov; A. V. Markov; N. G. Kolin; D. I. Merkurisov; V. M. Boiko; K. D. Shcherbatchev; V. T. Bublik; M. I. Voronova; I. H. Lee; C. R. Lee; S. J. Pearton; A. Dabirian; A. V. Osinsky

doi:10.1063/1.2361157

Fermi level pinning in heavily neutron-irradiated GaN

A. Y. Polyakov^*
, N. B. Smirnov
, A. V. Govorkov
, A. V. Markov
, N. G. Kolin
, D. I. Merkurisov
, V. M. Boiko
, K. D. Shcherbatchev
, V. T. Bublik
, M. I. Voronova
, I. H. Lee
, C. R. Lee
, S. J. Pearton
, A. Dabirian
, A. V. Osinsky

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Undoped n-GaN grown by two different metallorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) techniques, standard MOCVD and epitaxial lateral overgrowth, and Mg-doped p-GaN prepared by hydride vapor phase epitaxy and molecular beam epitaxy were irradiated with fast reactor neutrons to the high fluence of 1018 cm-2. In such heavily irradiated samples the Fermi level is shown to be pinned in a narrow interval of Ec - (0.8-0.95) eV, irrespective of the starting sample properties. The Fermi level pinning position correlates with the measured Schottky barrier height in n -type GaN. The results are interpreted from the standpoint of the existence of the charge neutrality level in heavily disordered material. Based on published theoretical calculations and on deep level transient spectroscopy (measurements and lattice parameter measurements in irradiated material), it is proposed that the Fermi level could be pinned between the gallium-interstitial-related deep donors near Ec -0.8 eV and nitrogen-interstitial-related acceptors near Ec -0.9 eV

Original language	English
Article number	093715
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	100
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2361157
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The work at IRM, at the Karpov Institute, and at the Institute of Rare Metals was supported in part by ISTC (Grant No. 3029). The authors would like to thank E.F. Astakhova for the Schottky diodes preparation.

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Polyakov, A. Y., Smirnov, N. B., Govorkov, A. V., Markov, A. V., Kolin, N. G., Merkurisov, D. I., Boiko, V. M., Shcherbatchev, K. D., Bublik, V. T., Voronova, M. I., Lee, I. H., Lee, C. R., Pearton, S. J., Dabirian, A., & Osinsky, A. V. (2006). Fermi level pinning in heavily neutron-irradiated GaN. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(9), Article 093715. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2361157

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