Temperature-dependent transport properties of CVD-fabricated n-GaN nanorods/p-Si heterojunction devices

Abstract

We report on the structural, electrical, and transport properties of high quality CVD-fabricated n-GaN nanorods (NRs)/p-Si heterojunction diodes. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies reveal the growth of hexagonal wurtzite GaN structure. The current–voltage (I–V) characteristics of the n-GaN NRs/p-Si heterojunction were measured in the temperature range of 300–475 K. The ideality factor (n) and zero-bias barrier height (ϕ_B0) are found to be strongly temperature-dependent. The calculated values of ϕ_B0 are 0.95 and 0.99 eV according to Gaussian distributions (GD) and modified Richardson for GD, respectively, which are in good agreement with the band offset of GaN/Si (0.95 eV). A Richardson constant of 37 cm⁻² K⁻² was obtained from the modified Richardson plot, which is close to the theoretical value for p-Si (32 cm⁻² K⁻²). The Gaussian distributions (GD) of inhomogeneous barrier height (BHs) and modified Richardson for GD of BHs with TE have also been used to explain the obtained transport properties.