Investigation on the structural and electronic property of monoclinic Al2O3/ß-Ga2O3 superlattice with varying layer periodsShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Applied Physics Letters, ISSN 0003-6951, E-ISSN 1077-3118, Vol. 126, no 11, article id 112111Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this study, we employ first-principles calculations to explore the structural and electronic properties of monoclinic Al2O3/Ga2O3 superlattices with varied layer thickness and to perform a comparative analysis with (AlxGa1-x)(2)O-3 alloys. Our investigation examines the lattice constants and electronic energy bandgaps of both the superlattice structures and alloys across different Al concentrations, shedding light on the intricate relationship between composition and electronic properties. The analysis on electronic properties reveals that as the number of Al2O3 monolayers in the Al2O3/Ga2O3 superlattice rises from 2 to 6 monolayers, the bandgap correspondingly expands from 5.29 to 6.43 eV. The band alignment between monoclinic Al2O3 and Ga2O3 exhibits a type-II band alignment. The conduction and valence band offsets between the bulk material and Al2O3/Ga2O3 superlattice varies with change in the number of Al2O3 monolayers. Our study gives a deeper insight into the properties of the Al2O3/Ga2O3 superlattice and suggests a solution to the Al-phase separation issue in (AlxGa1-x)(2)O-3 alloys for advanced semiconductor device applications.
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AIP Publishing , 2025. Vol. 126, no 11, article id 112111
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-212747DOI: 10.1063/5.0252684ISI: 001449687800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105000527160OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-212747DiVA, id: diva2:1949098
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Funding Agencies|State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs10.13039/501100003512; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) [QN2022030022L]; State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs China [2023A03J0003, 2023A03J0013, 2023A04J0310]; Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project [2022SLABFN02]; Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory; Green Materials Laboratory at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
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