Sol-gel-derived gallium nitride thin films for ultraviolet photodetection
Microelectronics International
ISSN: 1356-5362
Article publication date: 7 January 2019
Issue publication date: 7 January 2019
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to explore the applicability of the sol-gel-derived GaN thin films for UV photodetection.
Design/methodology/approach
GaN-based ultraviolet (UV) photodetector with Pt Schottky contacts was fabricated and its applicability was investigated. The current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the GaN-based UV photodetector under the dark current and photocurrent were measured.
Findings
The ideality factors of GaN-based UV photodetector under dark current and photocurrent were 6.93 and 5.62, respectively. While the Schottky barrier heights (SBH) for GaN-based UV photodetector under dark current and photocurrent were 0.35 eV and 0.34 eV, respectively. The contrast ratio and responsivity of this UV photodetector measured at 5 V were found to be 1.36 and 1.68 μA/W, respectively. The photoresponse as a function of time was measured by switching the UV light on and off continuously at different forward biases of 1, 3 and 6 V. The results showed that the fabricated UV photodetector has reasonable stability and repeatability.
Originality/value
This work demonstrated that GaN-based UV photodetector can be fabricated by using the GaN thin film grown by low-cost and simple sol-gel spin coating method.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia for granting Science Fund (Project No.: 03-01-05-SF0750) and the Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering, Japan to support this research. The support from Universiti Sains Malaysia is also gratefully acknowledged.
Citation
Fong, C.Y., Ng, S.S., Mohd Amin, N., Yam, F.K. and Hassan, Z. (2019), "Sol-gel-derived gallium nitride thin films for ultraviolet photodetection", Microelectronics International, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/MI-12-2017-0074
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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