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Electronic properties of diamond Schottky barrier diodes fabricated on silicon-based heteroepitaxially grown diamond substrates

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Publication Date2015-09-16
JournalApplied Physics Express
AuthorsHiroyuki Kawashima, Hitoshi Noguchi, Tsubasa Matsumoto, Hiromitsu Kato, Masahiko Ogura
InstitutionsUniversity of Tsukuba, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Citations38

Diamond Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) were fabricated on silicon-based heteroepitaxially grown diamond substrates. Platinum Schottky metal and boron-doped p-type diamond were used as SBDs. The diodes exhibited good current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. The rectification ratio was over 1012 at ±4 V, and the ideality factor was 1.2. The breakdown voltage estimated at the metal/diamond interface was as high as ∼1 MV/cm, which is greater than the material limit of silicon (∼0.3 MV/cm). This achievement, which does not require the use of single-crystalline diamond substrates, will accelerate the development of the diamond electronic industry.