Research on the band-gap of InN grown on siticon substrates

Photoluminescence (PL) and absorption experiments were carried out to examine the fundamental band-gap of InN films grown on silicon substrates. A strong PL peak at 0.78 eV was observed at room temperature, which is much lower than the commonly accepted value of 1.9 eV. The integrated PL intensity was found to depend linearly on the excitation laser intensity over a wide intensity range. These results strongly suggest that the observed PL is related to the emission of the fundamental inter-band transitions of InN rather than to deep defect or impurity levels. Due to the effect of band-filling with increasing free electron concentration, the absorption edge shifts to higher energy. (c) 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

InN layers grown by MOCVD on SrTiO3 substrates

Epitaxial wurtzite InN thin films have been grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition on (1 1 1) SrTiO3 (STO) substrates. Interestingly, twin domain epitaxy induced by the surface reconstruction of STO is observed with the in-plane orientation relationships of [(1) over bar 1 0 0]InN parallel to [<(1)over bar > 1 0]STO and [2 <(1 1)over bar > 0]InN parallel to[<(1)over bar > 1 0]STO, which is helpful to release the strain. The InN films on STO substrates exhibit a strong photoluminescence emission around 0.78 eV. Particularly, using STO substrates opens up a possibility to integrate InN with the functional oxides. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Electron concentration dependence of exciton localization and freeze-out at local potential fluctuations in InN films

InN films with electron concentration ranging from n similar to 10(17) to 10(20) cm(-3) grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) were investigated by variable-temperature photoluminescence and absorption measurements. The energy positions of absorption edge as well as photoluminescence peak of these InN samples with electron concentration above 10(18) cm(-3) show a distinct S-shape temperature dependence. With a model of potential fluctuations caused by electron-impurity interactions, the behavior can be quantitatively explained in terms of exciton freeze-out in local potential minima at sufficiently low temperatures, followed by thermal redistribution of the localized excitons when the band gap shrinks with increasing temperature. The exciton localization energy sigma (loc) is found to follow the n (5/12) power relation, which testifies to the observed strong localization effects in InN with high electron concentrations.

Measurement of w-InN/h-BN Heterojunction Band Offsets by X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to measure the valence band offset (VBO) of the w-InN/h-BN heterojunction. We find that it is a type-II heterojunction with the VBO being -0.30 +/- A 0.09 eV and the corresponding conduction band offset (CBO) being 4.99 +/- A 0.09 eV. The accurate determination of VBO and CBO is important for designing the w-InN/h-BN-based electronic devices.

SrTiO3衬底上MOCVD生长ZnO和InN薄膜

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InN 掺Zn 纳米棒的生长及相关物性研究

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厚度对MOCVD生长InN薄膜位错特性与光电性质的影响

研究了金属有机物化学气相沉积法制备的不同厚度InN薄膜的位错特性与光电性质.基于马赛克微晶模型,通过X射线衍射非对称面摇摆曲线测量,拟合出样品刃型位错密度分别为4.2×1010cm－2和6.3×1010cm－2,并发现样品的微晶扭转角与位错密度随薄膜厚度增加而减小.通过室温霍尔效应测量得到样品载流子浓度分别为9×1018cm－3和1.2×1018cm－3,采用氮空位作为背景载流子起源的模型解释了随厚度增加载流子浓度的减小与迁移率的增大.光致发光峰随温度的S形非单调变化表明材料中的局域态参与了光学跃迁过程,结合局域态发光和能带收缩效应计算得到样品的局域化能量分别为5.05meV和5.58meV,指出较厚样品中缺陷态的减少是载流子局域化效应削弱的原因.

蓝宝石衬底上单晶InN外延膜的RF-MBE生长

采用低温氮化铟(InN)缓冲层，利用射频等离子体辅助分子束外延(RF-MBE)方法在蓝宝石衬底上获得了晶体质量较好的单晶InN外延膜．用光学显微镜观察所外延的InN单晶薄膜，表面无铟滴．InN(0002)双晶X射线衍射摇摆曲线的半高宽为14′；用原子力显微镜测得的表面平均粗糙度为3．3nm；Hall测量表明InN外延膜的室温背景电子浓度为3．3×10^18cm^3，相应的电子迁移率为262cm^2／(V·s)．