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Reduction of the Schottky barrier height on silicon carbide using Au nano-particles

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Summary, in English

By the incorporation of size-selected Au nano-particles in Ti Schottky contacts on silicon carbide, we could observe considerably lower the barrier height of the contacts. This result could be obtained for both n- and p-type Schottky contacts using current-voltage and capacitance voltage measurements. For n-type Schottky contacts, we observed reductions of 0.19-0.25 eV on 4H-SiC and 0.15-0.17 eV on 6H-SiC as compared with particle-free Ti Schottky contacts. For p-type SiC, the reduction was a little lower with 0.02-0.05 eV on 4H- and 0.10-0.13 eV on 6H-SiC. The reduction of the Schottky barrier height is explained using a model with enhanced electric field at the interface due to the small size of the circular patch and the large difference of the barrier height between Ti and Au.

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

1433-1440

Publication/Series

Solid-State Electronics

Volume

46

Issue

9

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Keywords

  • image force
  • silicon carbide
  • nano-particles
  • Schottky barrier height
  • lowering

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0038-1101