Optimization of electronic-band alignments at ferroelectric (ZnxCd1-x)S/Si(100) interfaces

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Hotta, Y [1 ]
Rokuta, E [1 ]
Tabata, H [1 ]
Kobayashi, H [1 ]
Kawai, T [1 ]
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[1] Osaka Univ, Inst Sci & Ind Res, Osaka 5670047, Japan
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10.1063/1.1356724
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We have obtained ferroelectric characteristics from nonoxide (ZnxCd1-x)S (x=0.1-0.3) thin films. On the basis of x-ray photoelectron and visible-ultraviolet light absorption spectroscopy measurements, the conduction-band discontinuity at the (ZnxCd1-x)S/Si(100) interfaces is found to vary between 0.4 and 1.3 eV with a change in composition x between 0.1 and 0.9. The leakage current density, which strongly depends on the conduction-band discontinuity, is reduced to less than 10(-6) A/cm(2) at a gate voltage of 4 V. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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