A study of 2DEG properties in AlGaN/GaN heterostructure using GaN/AlN superlattice as barrier layers grown by MOCVD

被引:6
作者
Chen, Fangsheng [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Hong [2 ]
Deng, Zhen [2 ]
Lu, Taiping [2 ]
Fang, Yutao [2 ]
Jiang, Yang [2 ]
Ma, Ziguang [2 ]
He, Miao [1 ]
机构
[1] S China Normal Univ, Key Lab Electroluminescent Devices, Guangdong Prov Educ Dept, Inst Optoelect Mat & Technol, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Lab New Energy Mat & Devices, Beijing Natl Lab Condense Matter Phys,Inst Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
来源
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING | 2015年 / 118卷 / 04期
基金
高等学校博士学科点专项科研基金;
关键词
VAPOR-PHASE EPITAXY; HEMT STRUCTURE; GAN; SAPPHIRE; ALN;
D O I
10.1007/s00339-014-8906-1
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
GaN/AlN superlattice (SL) structures working as quasi-AlGaN barrier layers for GaN-based high electron mobility transistor have been grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. The influences of the SL period thickness on the electrical properties of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) have been investigated. It is found that the sheet carrier concentration increases as the increase in period thickness at a certain equivalent Al composition, and the electron mobility is strongly dependent on the AlN thickness in a period. We consider that AlN transits from two-dimensional growth to three-dimensional (3D) growth when AlN thickness exceeds its critical thickness. The 3D growth mode results in rough interface and surface morphology, which rapidly decreases the electron mobility due to the increase in interface roughness scattering and dislocation scattering to 2DEG.
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页码:1453 / 1457
页数:5
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