Nano Express
Determination of InN/Diamond Heterojunction Band Offset by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Author affiliations
1 Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 912, 100083, Beijing, People's Republic of China
2 Key Laboratory of Excited State Processes, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Dong Nan Hu Road, 130033, Changchun, People's Republic of China
Citation and License
Nanoscale Res Lett 2011, 6:50 doi:10.1007/s11671-010-9796-6
Published: 30 September 2010Abstract
Diamond is not only a free standing highly transparent window but also a promising carrier confinement layer for InN based devices, yet little is known of the band offsets in InN/diamond system. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to measure the energy discontinuity in the valence band offset (VBO) of InN/diamond heterostructure. The value of VBO was determined to be 0.39 ± 0.08 eV and a type-I heterojunction with a conduction band offset (CBO) of 4.42 ± 0.08 eV was obtained. The accurate determination of VBO and CBO is important for the application of III-N alloys based electronic devices.
