1. Thermal stability investigation for Ohmic contact properties of Pt, Au, and Pd electrodes on the same hydrogen-terminated diamond.
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Yuan, Xiaolu, Liu, Jiangwei, Shao, Siwu, Liu, Jinlong, Wei, Junjun, Da, Bo, Li, Chengming, and Koide, Yasuo
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OHMIC contacts ,PRECIOUS metals ,THERMAL stability ,EPITAXIAL layers ,ELECTRODES ,DIAMONDS ,ELECTRONIC equipment - Abstract
Here, thermal stabilities for Ohmic contact properties of Pt, Au, and Pd on the same hydrogen-terminated diamond (H-diamond) epitaxial layer are investigated. A long-term annealing process is performed with an annealing temperature and time of 400 °C and 8 h, respectively. Before annealing, good Ohmic contact properties are observed for only two contacts of the Pt/H-diamond and Pd/H-diamond with specific contact resistivity (ρ
C ) values of 2.7 × 10−3 Ω cm2 and 2.6 × 10−4 Ω cm2 , respectively. After long-term annealing, all three contacts on the H-diamond show good Ohmic contact properties. The ρC values for the Pt/H-diamond and Au/H-diamond are 3.1 × 10−2 Ω cm2 and 4.2 × 10−4 Ω cm2 , respectively. They are higher than that of the Pd/H-diamond (1.1 × 10−4 Ω cm2 ). Therefore, low ρC and good thermal stability for the Pd/H-diamond are achieved. This is meaningful for pushing forward the development of H-diamond-based electronic devices for high-temperature applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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