FERMI-LEVEL PINNING IN METAL-INSULATOR-DIAMOND STRUCTURES

被引:44
作者
OTSUKA, Y
SUZUKI, S
SHIKAMA, S
MAKI, T
KOBAYASHI, T
机构
[1] Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 5A期
关键词
DIAMOND; FILM; MIS; CAF2; CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTIC; EBIC; FERMI LEVEL PINNING;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.L551
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Capacitance-voltage (C-V) and electron-beam-induced current (EBIC) measurements were performed on metal-insulator-semiconductive (MIS) diamond structures. Utilizing BaTiO3 (BTO) as the gate insulator of diamond MIS structures, experimental results indicate pinning of the Fermi energy at similar to 1.7 eV above the valence band edge, which is in excellent agreement with the 1/3 band-gap rule of Mead and Spitzer. This is due to the existence of surface states on diamond presumably induced by oxygen adsorption. Employing CaF2 in place of BTO reduced the Fermi level pinning to a large extent by virtue of its oxygen-free process.
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页码:L551 / L554
页数:4
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