Electrical and interfacial properties of nonalloyed Ti/Au ohmic and Pt Schottky contacts on Zn-terminated ZnO

Han Ki Kim, Sang Woo Kim, Beelyong Yang, Sang Ho Kim, Kwang Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Ji, Young Soo Yoon

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Abstract

We report on the electrical and interfacial properties of nonalloyed Ti/Au ohmic and Pt Schottky contacts on Zn-terminated n-ZnO (1.5 × 10 17cm-3). Nonalloyed Ti/Au and Pt contacts on the Zn-terminated ZnO respectively exhibit ohmic and Schottky behavior owing to different work functions and out-diffusion characteristics. The nonalloyed Ti/Au contact reveals very linear current-voltage behavior with a specific contact resistivity of 2.2 × 10-5 Ωcm2. However, Pt contact shows Schottky behavior with Schottky barrier heights (SBHs) of 0.62 eV and 0.78 eV, obtained from current-voltage (I-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements, respectively. Using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), we correlated the electrical properties of the nonalloyed Ti/Au ohmic and Pt Schottky contacts with the properties of the interface between the metal and ZnO.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1560-1565
Number of pages6
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume45
Issue number3 A
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Mar 8

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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