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Title: Effect of Au/HfS 3 interfacial interactions on properties of HfS 3 -based devices
X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) has been used to examine the interaction between Au and HfS 3 at the Au/HfS 3 interface. XPS measurements reveal dissociative chemisorption of O 2 , leading to the formation of an oxide of Hf at the surface of HfS 3 . This surface hafnium oxide, along with the weakly chemisorbed molecular species, such as O 2 and H 2 O, are likely responsible for the observed p-type characteristics of HfS 3 reported elsewhere. HfS 3 devices exhibit n-type behaviour if measured in vacuum but turn p-type in air. Au thickness-dependent XPS measurements provide clear evidence of band bending as the S 2p and Hf 4f core-level peak binding energies for Au/HfS 3 are found to be shifted to higher binding energies. This band bending implies formation of a Schottky-barrier at the Au/HfS 3 interface, which explains the low measured charge carrier mobilities of HfS 3 -based devices. The transistor measurements presented herein also indicate the existence of a Schottky barrier, consistent with the XPS core-level binding energy shifts, and show that the bulk of HfS 3 is n-type.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2044049
PAR ID:
10393121
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume:
24
Issue:
22
ISSN:
1463-9076
Page Range / eLocation ID:
14016 to 14021
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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