Schottky barrier formation and band bending revealed by first- principles calculations
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

The formation of a Schottky barrier at the metal-semiconductor interface is widely utilised in semiconductor devices. With the emerging of novel Schottky barrier based nanoelectronics, a further microscopic understanding of this interface is in high demand. Here we provide an atomistic insight into potential barrier formation and band bending by ab initio simulations and model analysis of a prototype Schottky diode, i.e., niobium doped rutile titania in contact with gold (Au/Nb:TiO 2 ). The local Schottky barrier height is found to vary between 0 and 1.26 eV depending on the position of the dopant. The band bending is caused by a dopant induced dipole field between the interface and the dopant site, whereas the pristine Au/TiO 2 interface does not show any band bending. These findings open the possibility for atomic scale optimisation of the Schottky barrier and light harvesting in metal-semiconductor nanostructures.

Författare

Yang Jiao

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Bionanofotonik

Anders Hellman

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kemisk fysik

Yurui Fang

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Bionanofotonik

Shiwu Gao

Beijing Computational Science Research Center

Mikael Käll

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Bionanofotonik

Scientific Reports

2045-2322 (ISSN) 20452322 (eISSN)

Vol. 5 Art. no. 11374- 11374

Ämneskategorier

Nanoteknik

DOI

10.1038/srep11374

PubMed

26065401

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2017-10-08