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arXiv 1808.04463cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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n-SrTiO3(001)/p-Ge(001)界面的层分辨能带弯曲

Layer-resolved band bending at the n-SrTiO3(001)/p-Ge(001) interface

Y. Du, P. V. Sushko, S. R. Spurgeon, M. E. Bowden, J. M. Ablett, T. -L. Lee, N. F. Quackenbush, J. C. Woicik, S. A. Chambers

摘要:

研究了由典型的钙钛矿型氧化物半导体n-SrTiO_3和高迁移率的IV族半导体p-Ge组成的外延异质结的电子性质。硬X射线光电子能谱学与一种新的分析方法已被用来确定带对齐,而在同一时间量化一个大的内置的潜在发现内存在的Ge。因此,内建的潜在的Ge已被映射在一个层解决的方式。电子从施主在n-SrTiO 3的p-Ge的转移创建一个空间电荷区的Ge导致向下的能带弯曲,跨越大部分的Ge间隙。这种强烈的向下能带弯曲促进可见光,光生电子从Ge到STO的转移,有利于驱动与水裂解相关的析氢反应。Ti 2 p和Sr 3d芯能级线形表明,尽管存在空间电荷层,但STO带是平坦的。包含Ge能带弯曲对能带对准的影响是显著的,与使用所有层上的平均光谱得到的值相比,价带偏移量减少约0.4 eV。密度泛函理论允许从扫描透射电子显微镜图像推导出的候选界面结构模型进行模拟和结构优化。这些结构用于生成多切片模拟,这些模拟可以很好地再现实验图像。这些结构的能带偏移的计算结果与实验结果符合得很好。

英文摘要:

The electronic properties of epitaxial heterojunctions consisting of the prototypical perovskite oxide semiconductor,n-SrTiO3 and the high-mobility Group IV semiconductor p-Ge have been investigated. Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with a new method of analysis has been used to determine band alignment while at the same time quantifying a large built-in potential found to be present within the Ge. Accordingly, the built-in potential within the Ge has been mapped in a layer-resolved fashion. Electron transfer from donors in the n-SrTiO3 to the p-Ge creates a space-charge region in the Ge resulting in downward band bending which spans most of the Ge gap. This strong downward band bending facilitates visible-light, photo-generated electron transfer from Ge to STO, favorable to drive the hydrogen evolution reaction associated with water splitting. Ti 2p and Sr 3d core-level line shapes reveal that the STO bands are flat despite the space-charge layer therein. Inclusion of the effect of Ge band bending on band alignment is significant, amounting to a ~0.4 eV reduction in valence band offset compared to the value resulting from using spectra averaged over all layers. Density functional theory allows candidate interface structural models deduced from scanning transmission electron microscopy images to be simulated and structurally optimized. These structures are used to generate multi-slice simulations that reproduce the experimental images quite well. The calculated band offsets for these structures are in good agreement with experiment.

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