Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures

Cascade heterostructure of nGa₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe was created, and a corresponding band energy diagram was built. Electrical and photoelectric properties of this structure were investigated. Due to isotype pGaSe-pInSe heterojunction the photosensitivity spectrum of nGa₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe heterostructure ext...

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spelling irk-123456789-1211922017-06-14T03:07:22Z Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures Savchyn, V.P. Stakhira, J.M. Fiyala, Ya.M. Furtak, V.B. Cascade heterostructure of nGa₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe was created, and a corresponding band energy diagram was built. Electrical and photoelectric properties of this structure were investigated. Due to isotype pGaSe-pInSe heterojunction the photosensitivity spectrum of nGa₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe heterostructure extends up to 1.2 eV in IR range as referred to the photosensitivity spectrum of anisotype nGa₂O₃-pGaSe heterojunction. 2002 Article Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures / V.P. Savchyn, J.M. Stakhira, Ya.M. Fiyala, V.B. Furtak // Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. — 2002. — Т. 5, № 2. — С. 176-179. — Бібліогр.: 23 назв. — англ. 1560-8034 PACS: 72.40, 74.40 http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/121192 en Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics Інститут фізики напівпровідників імені В.Є. Лашкарьова НАН України
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description Cascade heterostructure of nGa₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe was created, and a corresponding band energy diagram was built. Electrical and photoelectric properties of this structure were investigated. Due to isotype pGaSe-pInSe heterojunction the photosensitivity spectrum of nGa₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe heterostructure extends up to 1.2 eV in IR range as referred to the photosensitivity spectrum of anisotype nGa₂O₃-pGaSe heterojunction.
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author Savchyn, V.P.
Stakhira, J.M.
Fiyala, Ya.M.
Furtak, V.B.
spellingShingle Savchyn, V.P.
Stakhira, J.M.
Fiyala, Ya.M.
Furtak, V.B.
Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures
Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics
author_facet Savchyn, V.P.
Stakhira, J.M.
Fiyala, Ya.M.
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title Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures
title_short Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures
title_full Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures
title_fullStr Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures
title_full_unstemmed Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures
title_sort photoelectric properties of ₂o₃-pgase-pinse cascade heterostructures
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citation_txt Photoelectric properties of ₂O₃-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures / V.P. Savchyn, J.M. Stakhira, Ya.M. Fiyala, V.B. Furtak // Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. — 2002. — Т. 5, № 2. — С. 176-179. — Бібліогр.: 23 назв. — англ.
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fulltext Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. 2002. V. 5, N 2. P. 176-179. © 2002, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine176 PACS: 72.40, 74.40 Photoelectric properties of nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructures V.P. Savchyn, J.M. Stakhira, Ya.M. Fiyala, V.B. Furtak Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 50 Dragomanov Str., 79005 Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: savchyn@wups.lviv.ua Abstract. Cascade heterostructure of nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe was created, and a corresponding band energy diagram was built. Electrical and photoelectric properties of this structure were investigated. Due to isotype pGaSe-pInSe heterojunction the photosensitivity spectrum of nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe heterostructure extends up to 1.2 eV in IR range as referred to the photosensitivity spectrum of anisotype nGa2O3-pGaSe heterojunction. Keywords: heterostructure, heterojunction, photosensitivity, indium selenide, gallium selenide, gallium oxide. Paper received 14.03.02; revised manuscript received 24.05.02; accepted for publication 25.06.02. 1. Introduction As it has been shown [1-3], two materials GaSe and Ga2O3 are suitable for creating of nGa2O3-pGaSe heterostructure (HS). The photosensitivity of such HS covers all visible spectral range (the long-wave edge of spectrum response is limited by the GaSe forbidden gap Eg = 2 eV) and part of UV-range (up to 5.5 eV). Moreover, the spectral re- sponse of photosensitivity is defined by the heterojunction (HJ) quality, which depends on the technology condi- tions of the oxide layer formation. In the case, if the thick- ness of the oxide layer is comparable with the thickness of the space-charge region, the UV-sensitivity of HJ is not limited by the absorption edge of the oxide layer but is extended to the higher energies than forbidden gap of Ga2O3 [1]. Our purpose was to extend the photosensitivity of nGa2O3-pGaSe to a longer wave range. For that the nGa2O3- pGaSe-pInSe cascade heterostructure (CHS), in which anisotype nGa2O3-pGaSe HJ was modified by an addition of the isotype pInSe-pGaSe one, was created. It is necessary to note, that properties of an isotype pInSe-pGaSe HJ require careful study, because widely were only studied the electrical and photoelectric properties of the anisotype nInSe-pGaSe HJ [4-8]. In particular, it was shown that the effective separation of photo-generated charge curriers in a depletion layer due to an energy band diagram of such HJ took place. 2. Experimental procedures The preparation of nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe CHS was car- ried out using both thermal oxidation of GaSe and opti- cal contact method. The InSe and GaSe substrates with optically specula surfaces were cleaved from single crys- tals grown by the Bridgman method. The carrier concen- tration of undoped pGaSe single crystals at room tem- perature was p = 2⋅1014 cm-3 and pInSe single crystals (p = 1⋅1014 cm-3) were doped by Cd. The GaSe substrates are oxidized at 700°C during 0.25 h. As it was shown in [1], under such treatment the nGa2O3 layer with electron concentration n ≈ 1014 cm-3 at room temperature was cre- ated and the anisotype pGaSe-nGa2O3 HJ was formed. The plate of about 10 µm in thickness was cleaved from an oxidized GaSe sample. Such thickness does not ex- ceed the diffusion length Ldiff of photo-generated carri- ers in pGaSe, which according to [9] is equal 14-18 µm. The thickness of pInSe substrates was about 200 µm. For optical contact formation the non-oxidized side of GaSe plate was pressed to the pInSe substrate. The contacts with 2 mm2 areas were formed by sputtering of semitransparent Ni-film on the oxidized side of GaSe and In-film on the InSe side of CHS. The spectral response of the photosensitivity and cur- rent-voltage (I-U) characteristics of CHS were measured at room temperature. V. P. Savchyn et al.: Photoelectric properties of nGa 2 O 3 -pGaSe-pInSe... 177SQO, 5(2), 2002 3. Calculation of energy band diagram The energy band diagram of CHS was calculated with- out taking into account interface states and using only the following parameters of main components: pure GaSe � mp = 0.57m0 [10], ε = 6.5 [11], χ = 3.4 eV [12]; InSe(Cd) � mp = 0.73m0 [13], ε = 8.6 [11], χ = 4.6 eV [14]. The Ga2O3 layer formed by thermally oxidized GaSe - mn=0.55m0 [15], ε = 10.2 [16]. The value χ = 3.9 eV for the Ga2O3 is calculated using the value of the bend band for HJ created by the optical contact method [3]. The analyses of the energy band diagram of CHS shows that under n(Ga2O3) ≤ p(GaSe) ≈ p(InSe) condition the band bends supplement each other. It means that the photo-EMFs in both HJs are added up, when the oxide side of CHS is illuminated by the white light. As shown in [1], the magnitudes of band bending and the widths of depletion regions for anisotype nGa2O3-pGaSe HJ depend on the conditions of GaSe-substrate thermal oxidation. The band bending magnitude is approximated as (1) DV = 0.5 � 0.8 eV and the widths of the depletion region in both HJ parts w3 ≈ w4 may be equal to 0.35-0.45 µm. As known, the interface layer of such HJ consists of a composed composition of a few phases (Ga2O3-Ga2Se3-GaSe) [17-20]. Due to this fact the nGa2O3-pGaSe HJ part of the investigated CHS is a smooth junction [1] (as shown in Fig. 1). The band bending values and the widths of the depletion region for isotype pInSe-pGaSe HJ were calculated using the relative concentrations of major carriers. The magnitudes of these qualities are equal to 0.13 eV and 0.67 µm for GaSe and 0.27 eV and 0.96 µm for InSe accordingly. The energy discontinuities of conduction DEc and valence DEv bands for an abrupt isotype HJ are equal to 1.2 eV and 0.4 eV correspondingly. 4. Results and discussion The photosensitivity spectra of our CHS were measured under illumination within a linear range of the photo-EMF dependence on the illumination intensity. The photosensitivity achieves 104 V/W. The positive potential on the InSe side appears under illumination of oxide side of CHS. The photosensitivity spectrum of CHS is calibrated to a constant photon flux and is represented in Fig. 2. As expected, a photosensitivity spectrum of our CHS at hω > 2 eV consists of spectrum that is typical to nGa2O3-pGaSe HJ prepared by thermal oxidation [1]. This spectrum is extended up to 1.2 eV because a photo- sensitivity of the isotype pGaSe-pInSe HJ is added. Par- ticularly, a photosensitivity spectrum of CHS in a visible region corresponds to photosensitivity of GaSe. As shown earlier [17-20], HJ formed by thermal oxidation of GaSe single crystals is accompanied by inevitable arise of additional Ga2Se3 phase on its interface as a result of Se diffusion and Se interaction with GaSe. The CHS photosensitivity at hω > 3 eV declines sharply due to the light absorption in a relatively wide interface layer of Ga2O3-GaSe HJ enriched by Ga2Se3 phase. In this inter- face layer, an intensive recombination of photo-gener- ated carriers prevents their separation by the depletion layer [1]. Only at the 5 eV neighbourhood the UV-band of a photosensitivity is observed (it is not shown in Fig.2). It is caused by photo-generation of charge carriers in the depletion region of the oxide film [1]. The kinetic of a photoresponse was investigated in a short-circuit current state under GaAs-LED pulse irra- diation (λ = 0.91 µm). The determined time of a photocurrent relaxation is approximately 3 ms. According to the proposed energy band diagram of CHS charge pairs generated in the InSe can be also separated via the recombination between the photoelectrons gathered in a �peak� of a conduction band of InSe and the holes from a valence band of GaSe involving intermediate states in the interface. This is confirmed by the dependence of the photosensitivity at λ = 0.91 µm on an additional illumi- nation of the structure (Fig. 3). In other words, an addi- tional illumination with a wavelength corresponding to GaSe absorption region causes significant increase of w FE w21 V D (1 ) V D (2 ) = 0. eV4 3.4 eV 4.6 eV 3.9 eV hω1 hω2 hω3 w 3 w 4 n p pG a O G a Se In S e d (1 ) d (2 ) 2 3 Fig. 1. Energy band diagram of the nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe CHS. 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.0 10 0 10 -1 10 -2 10 -3 10 -4 hω, eV S ω , a rb . u n . Fig. 2. Photoresponse spectrum of the nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe CHS. 178 SQO, 5(2), 2002 V. P. Savchyn et al.: Photoelectric properties of nGa 2 O 3 -pGaSe-pInSe... the photosensitivity. This increase in the spectrum range from 2.2 to 3.3 eV, where the photosensitivity does not change essentially (Fig. 2), correlates with GaSe absorp- tion spectrum α(hω) [21] (Fig.3). Such behavior of the photosensitivity at λ = 0.91 µm under an additional illu- mination can be interpreted as follows. At hω > 2 eV, where αd > 1, almost all light quanta are absorbed in the GaSe layer. I. e., we can regard that αL/S light quanta are absorbed in a unity time in a unity volume, where L is an amount of light quanta fallen onto the area of CHS in a unity time, S is an area of the irradiated surface. The concentration of photo-generated holes can be determined as δp = ναLτ/S (ν - quantum yield, τ - lifetime of photo- generated carriers). Because d(2) = Ldiff, most of the pairs generated in the GaSe layer are separated by the junc- tion field, and therefore the photo-generated holes are accumulated in the �peak� of GaSe valence band near InSe-GaSe interface. Under intensive additional illumi- nation of CHS, for example at L ≈ 1014 quanta/s (taking into account ν~1 and α ~ 3 msec) the concentration of the photo-generated holes in the �peak� of the GaSe valence band is comparable with the concentration of equilib- rium holes in GaSe. Consequently the recombination rate of the photoelectrons that gather in the �peak� of InSe conduction band, increases, and thus the charge separa- tion is improved finally. In contrast, the additional illumination with a wave- length, corresponding to InSe absorption region, leads to decrease of CHS photosensitivity at λ = 0.91 µm (Fig. 3). It is because the photoelectrons additionally are ac- cumulated in a �peak� of the conduction band of InSe and therefore the recombination of those electrons generated by λ = 0.91 µm pulse irradiation becomes more difficult. The current-voltage (I-U) characteristics of CHS are shown in Fig. 4. The polarity of voltage corresponds to the polarity mark on InSe-side of CHS. Evidently, the dark I-U characteristic of CHS illustrates a rectifying property. The differential dark resistance of CHS ap- proaches to the resistance of InSe substrate as a forward bias voltage is increased. The appreciable increase of forward current under illumination at λ = 0.8 µm (Fig. 4, curve 3) can be related to a photoconductive effect in InSe substrate. The pinch-off voltage of forward I-U char- acteristic is about 0.25 V and well corresponds to a band bending in InSe part of pGaSe-pInSe HJ. Because this band bending is a potential barrier for the holes (Fig.1), the holes are current carriers through the isotype junc- tion. On the other hand, a forward current through the anisotype nGa2O3-pGaSe HJ occurs due to the interface recombination [1]. When illuminating light is absorbed mainly in this HJ, a significant increase of the reverse current is observed (Fig. 4, curve 2). It means that the reverse branch of I-U characteristic of the investigated CHS is formed due to the processes in nGa2O3-pGaSe HJ and, as it is shown in [1], the main mechanism of reverse current flowing is the heat generation in the de- pletion region. 5. Conclusions Thus, the obtained results show the possibility of the prac- tical use of nGa203-pGaSe-pInSe CHS due to the wide spectral range of photosensitivity (from 1.2 to 5.0 eV). It should be noted that nGa203-pGaSe-pInSe structure can be formed using, for example, the Van-der-Waals epitaxy method that as is well known [22, 23], provides high qual- ity and stoichiometry of the epitaxial films of InSe (GaSe) in spite of high lattice mismatch. 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.0 hω, eV 1.0 1.2 1.4 1,6 1.0 1.5 0.5 0 2.0 L , quan ta/s 2 1 10 4 10 3 10 2 10 α, cm -1 10 12 10 10 10 13 1 4 15 S ω ( ) , a rb . u n . S ω (0 ) Fig. 3. Relative photoresponse of the nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe CHS at 0.91 mm versus a wavelength of an additional continues illu- mination (Sw(l) and Sw(0) - photoresponses at an additional illu- mination and without it correspoundly) and absorption spectrum of GaSe single crystal [21]. Insert: relative photoresponse of CHS at 0.91 µm versus intensity of an additional continues illumina- tion at λ = 0.5 (1) and 0.8 µm (2). -0.2 -0.4 -0.8 0.4 0.8 1.2 -0.6 -1.0 0.2 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4 1 2 3 U, V I, 10 A -6 Fig. 4. I-U characteristics of nGa2O3-pGaSe-pInSe CHS: 1 � in dark; 2 and 3 � under illumination at λ = 0.5 µm (1013 quantum/ sec) and λ = 0.8 µm (L = 1014 quantum/sec) accordingly. V. P. Savchyn et al.: Photoelectric properties of nGa 2 O 3 -pGaSe-pInSe... 179SQO, 5(2), 2002 References 1. V. Vasyltsiv, V. Kytsai, V. Savchyn, Ya. Fiyala. Electric and photoelectric properties of heterostructures based on gallium monoselenide // Ukr. Phys. J. 44(11). pp1380-1386 (1999). 2. V. P. Savchyn, V. B. Kytsai. Photoelectric properties of heterostructures based on thermo-oxidated GaSe and InSe crystals // Thin solid films 361-362 pp.123-125 (2000). 3. J. Stakhira, V.Savchyn, V. Kytsay. 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