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Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors

Zhaofu Zhang, Yuzheng Guo Orcid Logo, Haichang Lu, Stewart J. Clark, John Robertson

Applied Physics Letters, Volume: 116, Issue: 13, Start page: 131602

Swansea University Author: Yuzheng Guo Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1063/1.5135376

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Accurate band offset calculations are challenging for heterojunction interfaces that consist of two very different host materials. For this, the key requirement is to have the correct bandgap of each material at the same time. A hybrid calculation scheme (HSE/-U scheme) is proposed to model the band...

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Published in: Applied Physics Letters
ISSN: 0003-6951 1077-3118
Published: AIP Publishing 2020
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title Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors
spellingShingle Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors
Yuzheng Guo
title_short Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors
title_full Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors
title_fullStr Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors
title_full_unstemmed Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors
title_sort Hybrid band offset calculation for heterojunction interfaces between disparate semiconductors
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description Accurate band offset calculations are challenging for heterojunction interfaces that consist of two very different host materials. For this, the key requirement is to have the correct bandgap of each material at the same time. A hybrid calculation scheme (HSE/-U scheme) is proposed to model the band offsets of such interfaces. Our HSE/-U method applies the hybrid functional for the whole interface supercell, but with an additional “reverse GGA+U” on the narrow gap semiconductor side, guaranteeing the correct bandgaps on both sides. Several supercell calculations of dielectric films including HfO2, ZrO2, Al2O3, TiO2, and GaN on an insulating phase VO2 are tested to verify it. All the studied oxides show the type-I band alignment with VO2, and the band edge line-up agrees well with the available experimental reports, supporting the reliability of the proposed hybrid calculation scheme.
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