Design of Metastable Tin Titanium Nitride Semiconductor Alloys

被引：30

作者：

Bikowski, Andre ^{[1
]}

Siol, Sebastian ^{[1
,3
]}

Gu, Jing ^{[1
,4
]}

Holder, Aaron ^{[1
]}

Mangum, John S. ^{[2
]}

Gorman, Brian ^{[2
]}

Tumas, William ^{[1
]}

Lany, Stephan ^{[1
]}

Zakutayev, Andriy ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Renewable Energy Lab, 15013 Denver West Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401 USA

[2] Colorado Sch Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401 USA

[3] San Diego State Univ, Dept Chem & Biochem, San Diego, CA 92182 USA

[4] Empa, Fed Labs Mat Sci & Technol, Uberlandstr 129, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland

来源：

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS | 2017年 / 29卷 / 15期

关键词：

HIGH-PRESSURE; NICKEL-OXIDE; THIN-FILMS; WATER; PREDICTION; BETA-GE3N4; STABILITY; DISCOVERY; SN3N4;

D O I：

10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02122

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

We report on design of optoelectronic properties in previously unreported metastable tin titanium nitride alloys with spinel crystal structure. Theoretical calculations predict that Ti alloying in metastable Sn3N4 compound should improve hole effective mass by up to 1 order of magnitude, while other optical bandgaps remains in the 1-2 eV range up to x similar to 0.35 Ti composition. Experimental synthesis of these metastable alloys is predicted to be challenging due to high required nitrogen chemical potential (Delta mu(N) >= +1.0 eV) but proven to be possible using combinatorial cosputtering from metal targets in the presence of nitrogen plasma. Characterization experiments confirm that thin films of such (Sn1-xTix)(3)N-4 alloys can be synthesized up to x = 0.45 composition, with suitable optical band gaps (1.5-2.0 eV), moderate electron densities (10(17) to 10(18) cm(-3)), and improved photogenerated hole transport (by 5x). Overall, this study shows that it is possible to design the metastable nitride materials with properties suitable for potential use in solar energy conversion applications.

引用

页码：6511 / 6517

页数：7

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