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Realizing the Heteromorphic Superlattice: Repeated Heterolayers of Amorphous Insulator and Polycrystalline Semiconductor with Minimal Interface Defects
Advanced Materials
  • Woongkyu Lee
  • Xianyu Chen
  • Qing Shao
  • Sung Il Baik
  • Sungkyu Kim
  • David Seidman
  • Michael Bedzyk
  • Vinayak Dravid
  • John B. Ketterson
  • Julia E. Medvedeva, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Robert P.H. Chang
  • Matthew A. Grayson
Abstract

An Unconventional "Heteromorphic" Superlattice (HSL) is Realized, Comprised of Repeated Layers of Different Materials with Differing Morphologies: Semiconducting Pc-In2O3 Layers Interleaved with Insulating A-MoO3 Layers. Originally Proposed by Tsu in 1989, Yet Never Fully Realized, the High Quality of the HSL Heterostructure Demonstrated Here Validates the Intuition of Tsu, Whereby the Flexibility of the Bond Angle in the Amorphous Phase and the Passivation Effect of the Oxide at Interfacial Bonds Serve to Create Smooth, High-Mobility Interfaces. the Alternating Amorphous Layers Prevent Strain Accumulation in the Polycrystalline Layers While Suppressing Defect Propagation Across the HSL. for the HSL with 7:7 Nm Layer Thickness, the Observed Electron Mobility of 71 Cm2 Vs-1, Matches that of the Highest Quality In2O3 Thin Films. the Atomic Structure and Electronic Properties of Crystalline In2O3/amorphous MoO3 Interfaces Are Verified using Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Hybrid Functional Calculations. This Work Generalizes the Superlattice Concept to an Entirely New Paradigm of Morphological Combinations.

Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
  • high mobility,
  • indium oxide,
  • MD simulations,
  • superlattice,
  • transparent conducting oxides
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Wiley, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Publication Date
01 Jan 2023
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Citation Information
Woongkyu Lee, Xianyu Chen, Qing Shao, Sung Il Baik, et al.. "Realizing the Heteromorphic Superlattice: Repeated Heterolayers of Amorphous Insulator and Polycrystalline Semiconductor with Minimal Interface Defects" Advanced Materials (2023) ISSN: 1521-4095; 0935-9648
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/julia-medvedeva/95/