Performance improvement of NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction diodes using ultrathin amorphous BN interfacial layer

D Dongbin Kim J Jongsu Baek (School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST 1 , Daejeon 34141,) D Daehyun Kang D Dahee Seo (School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST 1 , Daejeon 34141,) W Wookyung Jeon (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 2 , Goyang-city, Gyeonggi-do 10540,) Y Youngkwan Cho (School of Electronics and Information Engineering and Interdisciplinary Program in Space Systems Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 3 , Goyang 10540,) H Hyoung Woo Kim M Myunghun Shin (School of Electronics and Information Engineering and Interdisciplinary Program in Space Systems Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 3 , Goyang 10540,) Y Yohan Yoon (Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 2 , Goyang-city, Gyeonggi-do 10540,) B Byung Jin Cho

Abstract

In this work, a NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction diode with an ultrathin (∼2 nm) amorphous boron nitride (a-BN) interfacial layer (IL) is presented. The NiO/a-BN/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction diode exhibited a lower turn-on voltage and a higher forward current, thereby reducing the power dissipation, compared to the NiO/β-Ga2O3 diode without an a-BN IL. It is also found that the a-BN IL reduces the interface states, leading to the improvement of the operational reliability after bias stress and reverse blocking characteristics.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 128, Issue 15
Published April 13, 2026
ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher American Institute of Physics

Journal Info

Applied Physics Letters

American Institute of Physics

ISSN: 0003-6951 Physical Sciences

Authors (10)

D

Dongbin Kim

J

Jongsu Baek

School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST 1 , Daejeon 34141,

D

Daehyun Kang

D

Dahee Seo

School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST 1 , Daejeon 34141,

W

Wookyung Jeon

Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 2 , Goyang-city, Gyeonggi-do 10540,

Y

Youngkwan Cho

School of Electronics and Information Engineering and Interdisciplinary Program in Space Systems Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 3 , Goyang 10540,

H

Hyoung Woo Kim

M

Myunghun Shin

School of Electronics and Information Engineering and Interdisciplinary Program in Space Systems Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 3 , Goyang 10540,

Y

Yohan Yoon

Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 2 , Goyang-city, Gyeonggi-do 10540,

B

Byung Jin Cho