Browsing by Author "Nguyen, Chi-Lang"

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Fabrication and characterization of n-In0.4Ga0.6N/p-Si solar cell
(2012-07-01)
Tran, Binh-Tinh
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Chang, Edward-Yi
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Trinh, Hai-Dang
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Lee, Ching-Ting
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Sahoo, Kartika Chandra
Electro-optic characteristics of a fabricated n-In0.4Ga0.6N/p-Si hetero-structure solar cell on Si substrate with Al and ITO (or Ti/Al/Ni/Au) materials for p and n-type contacts were investigated in this letter. The solar cell devices with ITO as n-type contacts were also compared to the solar cell using Ti/Al/Ni/Au as n-type contact in this study. High short-circuit current density observed for solar cell with ITO as n-type contacts due to the increased amount of light reaching the solar cell. The device with ITO contact exhibited an open-circuit voltage (V-oc) of 1.52 V and a short-circuit current density (J(sc)) of 8.68 mA/cm(2) with 54% fill factor. The conversion and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of the solar cell were 7.12 and 20.8%, respectively. Besides, a relationship between V-oc and In content in the InxGa1-xN alloys for this type of solar cell was also derived. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ge epitaxial films on GaAs (100), (110), and (111) substrates for applications of CMOS heterostructural integrations
(2013-03-01)
Tang, Shih-Hsuan
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Kuo, Chien-I
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Trinh, Hai-Dang
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Chang, Edward Yi
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Nguyen, Hong-Quan
Epitaxial Ge films were grown on GaAs (100), (110), and (111) substrates by using ultra-high vacuum chemical vapor deposition and studied with various methods. The incubation times and growth rates were quite different for these three GaAs substrates because the surface arsenic coverage on GaAs and hydrogen desorption energy on Ge are different for each orientation. High-resolution x-ray diffraction measurements, direct band-gap emission of photoluminescence measurements, and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy showed that the Ge films had high crystal quality, low defect density, and sharp Ge/GaAs interfaces. In this study, atomic force microscopy analysis found that the Ge films grow on GaAs (100) and (111) via the Frank van der Merwe mode, while the Ge film grows on GaAs (110) via the Volmer-Weber mode at the initial growth stage, which can be explained by the thermodynamic theory of capillarity. Interestingly, when the thickness of the Ge film on the GaAs (110) substrate increases to similar to 220 nm, the 3D Ge islands merge and form a smooth surface (rms roughness of 0.3 nm), which is useful for devices. The authors also fabricated Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors (MOSCAPs) on GaAs (100) and (110) substrates. Both Ge/GaAs (100) and Ge/GaAs (110) MOSCAPs exhibit good capacitance-voltage responses with strong inversion behaviors, which means the grown material has reached device quality. The Ge/GaAs (110) structure especially offers optimal integration of Ge pMOSFETs on GaAs substrates because Ge (110) has a high hole mobility compared with Ge (100) and (111). (C) 2013 American Vacuum Society. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.4789427]
Ti/Al/Ti/Ni/Au ohmic contacts on AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors with improved surface morphology and low contact resistance
(2014-01-01)
Chiu, Yu-Sheng
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Lin, Tai-Ming
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Nguyen, Hong-Quan
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Weng, Yu-Chen
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Nguyen, Chi-Lang
Optimizing surface morphology of ohmic contacts on GaN high electron mobility transistors continues to be a challenge in the GaN electronics industry. In this study, a variety of metal schemes were tested under various annealing conditions to obtain contacts with optimal qualities. A Ti/Al/Ti/Ni/Au (20/120/40/60/50 nm) metal scheme demonstrated the lowest contact resistance (R-c) and a smooth surface morphology, and the mechanisms were investigated by materials analysis. A Ti/Al/Ti/Ni/Au metal scheme with optimized Ti and Ni thicknesses can result in formation of a larger proportion of Al-Ni intermetallics and a continuous TiN interlayer, which results in smooth surface and low R-c. (C) 2014 American Vacuum Society.