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  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
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12 Pages

Annealing Stability of NiO/Ga2O3 Vertical Heterojunction Rectifiers

  • Jian-Sian Li,
  • Hsiao-Hsuan Wan,
  • Chao-Ching Chiang,
  • Fan Ren and
  • Stephen J. Pearton

28 July 2023

The stability of vertical geometry NiO/Ga2O3 rectifiers during two types of annealing were examined, namely (1) the annealing of NiO only, prior to the deposition of the Ni/Au metal anode stack, and (2) the annealing of the completed device. The devi...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,563 Views
12 Pages

The Optimization of NiO Doping, Thickness, and Extension in kV-Class NiO/Ga2O3 Vertical Rectifiers

  • Chao-Ching Chiang,
  • Jian-Sian Li,
  • Hsiao-Hsuan Wan,
  • Fan Ren and
  • Stephen J. Pearton

19 July 2023

Ga2O3 heterojunction rectifiers have emerged as a novel candidate for various power conversion applications by using NiO as the solution on the p-type side. In this work, the optimized design of high-breakdown (1–7 kV), vertical geometry NiO/Ga...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,688 Views
13 Pages

NiO/Ga2O3 Vertical Rectifiers of 7 kV and 1 mm2 with 5.5 A Forward Conduction Current

  • Jian-Sian Li,
  • Hsiao-Hsuan Wan,
  • Chao-Ching Chiang,
  • Timothy Jinsoo Yoo and ,
  • Fan Ren,
  • Honggyu Kim and
  • Stephen J. Pearton
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 November 2023

In this study, we present the fabrication and characterization of vertically oriented NiO/β polymorph n-Ga2O3/n+ Ga2O3 heterojunction rectifiers featuring a substantial area of 1 mm2. A dual-layer SiNX/SiO2 dielectric field plate edge terminatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Materials, Devices and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,238 Views
14 Pages

Reproducible NiO/Ga2O3 Vertical Rectifiers with Breakdown Voltage >8 kV

  • Jian-Sian Li,
  • Hsiao-Hsuan Wan,
  • Chao-Ching Chiang,
  • Xinyi Xia and ,
  • Timothy Jinsoo Yoo,
  • Honggyu Kim,
  • Fan Ren and
  • Stephen J. Pearton
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

28 May 2023

Optimized vertical heterojunction rectifiers with a diameter of 100 µm, consisting of sputter-deposited p-type NiO forming a p–n junction with thick (10 µm) Ga2O3 drift layers grown by halide vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) on (001) Sn-doped (1019 cm−3) β...

(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Crystalline Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,338 Views
18 Pages

1 October 2025

In this study, high-conductivity W-doped Ga2O3 thin films were successfully fabricated by directly depositing a composition of Ga2O3 with 10.7 at% WO3 (W:Ga = 12:100) using electron beam evaporation. The resulting thin films were found to be amorphou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Inorganic Semiconductor Materials, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,168 Views
12 Pages

The Growth of Ga2O3 Nanowires on Silicon for Ultraviolet Photodetector

  • Badriyah Alhalaili,
  • Ruxandra Vidu and
  • M. Saif Islam

2 December 2019

We investigated the effect of silver catalysts to enhance the growth of Ga2O3 nanowires. The growth of Ga2O3 nanowires on a P+-Si (100) substrate was demonstrated by using a thermal oxidation technique at high temperatures (~1000 °C) in the prese...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Intelligent Control through Versatile Intelligent Portable Platforms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,924 Views
8 Pages

16 January 2020

Ga2O3/4H-SiC n-n isotype heterojunction diodes were fabricated by depositing Ga2O3 thin films by RF magnetron sputtering. The influence of annealing atmosphere on the film quality and electrical properties of Ga2O3 layers was investigated. X-ray diff...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Silicon Carbide and Other Wide Bandgap Materials: Fundamentals, Device Applications and Future Prospects)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,701 Views
11 Pages

27 November 2018

ZnO has the built-in characteristics of both ionic and covalent compound semiconductors, which makes the metal–ZnO carrier transport mechanism quite intricate. The growth mechanism-centric change in ZnO defect density and carrier concentration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,267 Views
22 Pages

Electrical and Recombination Properties of Polar Orthorhombic κ-Ga2O3 Films Prepared by Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy

  • Eugene B. Yakimov,
  • Alexander Y. Polyakov,
  • Vladimir I. Nikolaev,
  • Alexei I. Pechnikov and ,
  • Mikhail P. Scheglov,
  • Eugene E. Yakimov and
  • Stephen J. Pearton
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 March 2023

In this study, the structural and electrical properties of orthorhombic κ-Ga2O3 films prepared using Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) on AlN/Si and GaN/sapphire templates were studied. For κ-Ga2O3/AlN/Si structures, the formation of two-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ga2O3-Based Nanomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,749 Views
13 Pages

Highly Rectifying Heterojunctions Formed by Annealed ZnO Nanorods on GaN Substrates

  • Stanislav Tiagulskyi,
  • Roman Yatskiv,
  • Hana Faitová,
  • Šárka Kučerová and ,
  • David Roesel,
  • Jan Vaniš,
  • Jan Grym and
  • Jozef Veselý
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

11 March 2020

We study the effect of thermal annealing on the electrical properties of the nanoscale p-n heterojunctions based on single n-type ZnO nanorods on p-type GaN substrates. The ZnO nanorods are prepared by chemical bath deposition on both plain GaN subst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanowires: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,246 Views
9 Pages

Light-Emitting Diodes Based on InGaN/GaN Nanowires on Microsphere-Lithography-Patterned Si Substrates

  • Liliia Dvoretckaia,
  • Vladislav Gridchin,
  • Alexey Mozharov,
  • Alina Maksimova and ,
  • Anna Dragunova,
  • Ivan Melnichenko,
  • Dmitry Mitin,
  • Alexandr Vinogradov,
  • Ivan Mukhin and
  • Georgy Cirlin
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

10 June 2022

The direct integration of epitaxial III-V and III-N heterostructures on Si substrates is a promising platform for the development of optoelectronic devices. Nanowires, due to their unique geometry, allow for the direct synthesis of semiconductor ligh...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanophotonics Materials and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,810 Views
14 Pages

NiO/Ga2O3 Heterojunction with Tunable Oxygen Vacancies for Efficient Self-Powered Solar-Blind UV Detection

  • Luyu Liu,
  • Kangxin Shen,
  • Huimin Su,
  • Jintao Xu and ,
  • Jiajun Lin,
  • Yaping Li,
  • Shuguang Zhang,
  • Linfeng Lan and
  • Junbiao Peng
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

29 January 2026

Solar-blind ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors based on wide-bandgap oxide semiconductors are highly desirable for environmental monitoring, flame sensing, and secure optical communication. Among them, Ga2O3 has attracted extensive attention due to its...

(This article belongs to the Section Thin Films and Interfaces)
  • Article
  • Open Access
371 Views
18 Pages

PtSe2-Based Heterostructures on GaP Nanowires: Interface Formation and Photoelectrical Properties

  • Agáta Laurenčíková,
  • Michaela Sojková,
  • Ivana Lettrichová,
  • Stanislav Hasenöhrl and ,
  • Peter Eliáš,
  • Dušan Pudiš,
  • Jaroslav Kováč,
  • Martin Hulman,
  • Jaroslav Kováč and
  • Jozef Novák
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

15 September 2026

PtSe2/GaP nanowire heterostructures were fabricated and characterized to explore their optoelectronic response under broadband illumination. Few-layer PtSe2 was synthesized on GaP substrates with and without nanowires by selenization of a pre-deposit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2D Materials and Heterostructures: Synthesis, Processing, and Device Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,018 Views
12 Pages

Photoconductive Gain Behavior of Ni/β-Ga2O3 Schottky Barrier Diode-Based UV Detectors

  • Viktor V. Kopyev,
  • Nikita N. Yakovlev,
  • Alexander V. Tsymbalov,
  • Dmitry A. Almaev and
  • Pavel V. Kosmachev

12 January 2026

A vertical Ni/β-Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diode was fabricated on an unintentionally doped bulk (−201)-oriented β-Ga2O3 single crystal and investigated with a focus on the underlying photoresponse mechanisms. The device exhibits well-def...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Reliability Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits, 3rd Edition)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,435 Views
12 Pages

21 June 2021

Asymmetric metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) UV sensors with 24% Al were fabricated using a selective annealing technique that dramatically reduced the dark current density and improved the ohmic behavior and performanc...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
298 Views
16 Pages

4 September 2026

In this study, Mo/β-Ga2O3 vertical Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) were fabricated using a sputtering process, and the electrical characteristics were evaluated as a function of post-annealing temperature. β-Ga2O3 is an ultra-wide bandgap se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Technologies, Materials and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,355 Views
30 Pages

19 December 2025

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) offer intrinsically high open-circuit voltages in the kilovolt range; however, conventional diode rectifier interfaces clamp the voltage prematurely, restricting access to the high-energy portion of the mechanical...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Dynamics and Vibration Control in Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,700 Views
11 Pages

GaN-Based LEDs Grown on Graphene-Covered SiO2/Si (100) Substrate

  • Wurui Song,
  • Fang Ren,
  • Yunyu Wang,
  • Yue Yin and ,
  • Shuo Zhang,
  • Bo Shi,
  • Tao Feng,
  • Jianwei Wang,
  • Meng Liang and
  • Zhiqiang Liu
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

5 September 2020

The growth of nitride on large-size and low-cost amorphous substrates has attracted considerable attention for applications in large-scale optoelectronic devices. In this paper, we reported the growth of GaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on amor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nitride Compound Light Emitting Diodes)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,328 Views
18 Pages

Compositional, Optical and Electrical Characteristics of SiOx Thin Films Deposited by Reactive Pulsed DC Magnetron Sputtering

  • Joaquim O. Carneiro,
  • Filipe Machado,
  • Luis Rebouta,
  • Mikhail I. Vasilevskiy and ,
  • Senen Lanceros-Méndez,
  • Vasco Teixeira,
  • Manuel F. Costa and
  • Anura P. Samantilleke
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The influence of O2 flow rate on the compositional, optical and electrical characteristics of silicon oxide (SiOx) thin films (x < 2) were studied in this work. The SiOx thin films were obtained by pulsed direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,804 Views
17 Pages

Phytoglobin Expression Alters the Na+/K+ Balance and Antioxidant Responses in Soybean Plants Exposed to Na2SO4

  • Mohamed S. Youssef,
  • Mohammed M. Mira,
  • Sylvie Renault,
  • Robert D. Hill and
  • Claudio Stasolla

Soybean (Glycine max) is an economically important crop which is very susceptible to salt stress. Tolerance to Na2SO4 stress was evaluated in soybean plants overexpressing or suppressing the phytoglobin GmPgb1. Salt stress depressed several gas excha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nitric Oxide Signalling and Metabolism in Plants)