High-resistivity β-Ga203 thin films were grown on Si-doped n-type conductive β-Ga203 single crystals by molecular beam epitaxy （MBE）. Vertical-type Schottky diodes were fabricated, and the electrical properties of the Schottky diodes were studied in this letter. The ideality factor and the series resistance of the Schottky diodes were estimated to be about 1.4 and 4.6 x 10^6 %. The ionized donor concentration and the spreading voltage in the Schottky diodes region are about 4 x 10^18 cm-3 and 7.6 V, respectively. The ultra-violet （UV） photo-sensitivity of the Schottky diodes was demonstrated by a low-pressure mercury lamp illumination. A photoresponsivity of 1.8 A/W and an external quantum efficiency of 8.7 x 10%2% were observed at forward bias voltage of 3.8 V, the proper driving voltage of read-out integrated circuit for UV camera. The gain of the Schottky diode was attributed to the existence of a potential barrier in the i-n junction between the MBE-grown highly resistive β-Ga203 thin films and the n-type conductive β-Ga203 single-crystal substrate.
In this work,metal–semiconductor–metal solar-blind ultraviolet photoconductors were fabricated based on theβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) thin films which were grown on the c-plane sapphire substrates by molecular beam epitaxy.Then,the effects ofβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) annealing on both its material character-istics and the device photoconductivity were studied.Theβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) thin films were annealed at 800,900,1000,and 1100°C,respectively.Moreover,the annealing time was fixed at 2 h,and the annealing ambients were oxygen,nitro-gen,and vacuum(4.9×10^(-4 )Pa),respectively.The crys-talline quality and texture of theβ-Ga_(2)O_(3) thin films before and after annealing were investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD),showing that higher annealing temperature can result in a weaker intensity of(402)diffraction peak and a lower device photoresponsivity.Furthermore,the vacuum-annealed sam-ple exhibits the highest photoresponsivity compared with the oxygen-and nitrogen-annealed samples at the same annealing temperature.In addition,the persistent photoconductivity effect is effectively restrained in the oxygen-annealed sample even with the lowest photoresponsivity.
Tuo ShengXing-Zhao LiuLing-Xuan QianBo XuYi-Yu Zhang
Indium tin oxide （ITO） thin films were prepared on alumina ceramic substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The samples were subsequently annealed in air at temperatures ranging from 500 to 1,100 ℃ for 1 h. The influences of the annealing temperature on the microstructure and electrical properties of the ITO thin films were investigated, and the results indicate that the as-deposited ITO thin films are amorphous in nature. All samples were crystallized by annealing at 500 ~C. As the annealing temperature increases, the predominant orientation shifts from （222） to （400）. The carrier concentration decreases initially and then increases when the annealing temperature rises beyond 1,000 ℃. The resistivity of the ITO thin films increases smoothly as the annealing temperature increases to just below 900 ℃. Beyond 900 ℃, however, the resistivity of the films increases sharply. The annealing temperature has a significant effect on the stability of the ITO/Pt thin film thermocouples （TFTCs）. TFTCs annealed at 1,000 ℃ show improved high- temperature stability and Seebeck coefficients of up to 77.73 pV/℃.
