p-NiO/LiNiO-GaN Heterojunctions: A Potential Alternative to p-GaN for Advanced Devices
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In this work, we introduce a p-NiO/LiNiO stack grown via low-temperature deposition processes, offering an effective alternative for creating localized p-type regions in GaN devices. This stack combines a high hole concentration p-NiO film ([h]$= 2\times 10^{{19}}$cm${}^{-{3}}$) with an epitaxially crystalline p-LiNiO film, resulting in a high-quality p-type layer that can be flexibly deposited and patterned on GaN devices. Here, we investigate the transport and breakdown properties of the p-NiO/LiNiO-GaN heterojunction by fabricating a p-NiO/LiNiO-GaN PiN diode. The PiN diode exhibited excellent electrical performance, including a low turn-on voltage (${V} _{\text {ON}}$) of 1.7 V, a low specific on-state resistance (R${}_{\text {ON},\text {sp}}$) of 1.15 m$\Omega \cdot $cm2, and a high breakdown voltage (BV) exceeding 1000 V, comparable to those achieved with epitaxial GaN homojunctions. These results highlight the potential of utilizing conductive and compatible p-NiO/LiNiO stacks to replace p-GaN for high-quality localized p-n junctions, simplifying the manufacturability of GaN-based devices and enabling advanced device concepts where p-GaN is challenging to be implemented.
Source: IEEE Electron Device Letters
Institution: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4408241935