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Lijun Li, Chengkun Li, Shaoqing Wang, Qin Lu, Yifan Jia, Haifeng Chen. Preparation of Sn-doped Ga2O3 thin films and their solar-blind photoelectric detection performance[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2023, 44(6): 062805. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/6/062805
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L J Li, C K Li, S Q Wang, Q Lu, Y F Jia, H F Chen. Preparation of Sn-doped Ga2O3 thin films and their solar-blind photoelectric detection performance[J]. J. Semicond, 2023, 44(6): 062805. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/6/062805
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Preparation of Sn-doped Ga2O3 thin films and their solar-blind photoelectric detection performance
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/6/062805
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Abstract
Sn doping is an effective way to improve the response rate of Ga2O3 film based solar-blind detectors. In this paper, Sn-doped Ga2O3 films were prepared on a sapphire substrate by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ultraviolet visible spectroscopy, and the effect of annealing atmosphere on the properties of films was studied. The Ga2O3 films changed from amorphous to β-Ga2O3 after annealing at 900 °C. The films were composed of micro crystalline particles with a diameter of about 5–20 nm. The β-Ga2O3 had high transmittance for wavelengths above 300 nm, and obvious absorption for solar-blind signals at 200–280 nm. The metal semiconductor metal type solar-blind detectors were prepared. The detector based on Sn-doped β-Ga2O3 thin film annealed in N2 has the best response performance to 254 nm light. The photo-current is 10 μA at 20 V, the dark-current is 5.76 pA, the photo dark current ratio is 1.7 × 106, the response rate is 12.47 A/W, the external quantum efficiency is 6.09 × 103%, the specific detection rate is 2.61 × 1012 Jones, the response time and recovery time are 378 and 90 ms, respectively. -
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