I-V curve hysteresis induced by gate-free charging of GaAs nanowires' surface oxide. / Alekseev, P. A.; Geydt, P.; Dunaevskiy, M. S. et al.
In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 111, No. 13, 132104, 25.09.2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - I-V curve hysteresis induced by gate-free charging of GaAs nanowires' surface oxide
AU - Alekseev, P. A.
AU - Geydt, P.
AU - Dunaevskiy, M. S.
AU - Lähderanta, E.
AU - Haggrén, T.
AU - Kakko, J. P.
AU - Lipsanen, H.
N1 - Funding Information: The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the Research Project 16-32-60147 mol_a_dk. M.S.D. acknowledges financial support from the Government of Russian Federation (Grant 074-U01). Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Author(s).
PY - 2017/9/25
Y1 - 2017/9/25
N2 - The control of nanowire-based device performance requires knowledge about the transport of charge carriers and its limiting factors. We present the experimental and modeled results of a study of electrical properties of GaAs nanowires (NWs), considering their native oxide cover. Measurements of individual vertical NWs were performed by conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). Experimental C-AFM observations with numerical simulations revealed the complex resistive behavior of NWs. A hysteresis of current-voltage characteristics of the p-doped NWs as-grown on substrates with different types of doping was registered. The emergence of hysteresis was explained by the trapping of majority carriers in the surface oxide layer near the reverse-biased barriers under the source-drain current. It was found that the accumulation of charge increases the current for highly doped p+-NWs on n+-substrates, while for moderately doped p-NWs on p+-substrates, charge accumulation decreases the current due to blocking of the conductive channel of NWs.
AB - The control of nanowire-based device performance requires knowledge about the transport of charge carriers and its limiting factors. We present the experimental and modeled results of a study of electrical properties of GaAs nanowires (NWs), considering their native oxide cover. Measurements of individual vertical NWs were performed by conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). Experimental C-AFM observations with numerical simulations revealed the complex resistive behavior of NWs. A hysteresis of current-voltage characteristics of the p-doped NWs as-grown on substrates with different types of doping was registered. The emergence of hysteresis was explained by the trapping of majority carriers in the surface oxide layer near the reverse-biased barriers under the source-drain current. It was found that the accumulation of charge increases the current for highly doped p+-NWs on n+-substrates, while for moderately doped p-NWs on p+-substrates, charge accumulation decreases the current due to blocking of the conductive channel of NWs.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.5005125
DO - 10.1063/1.5005125
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85030227565
VL - 111
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
SN - 0003-6951
IS - 13
M1 - 132104
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