Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact

Metal-semiconductor junctions are essential contacts for semiconductor devices, but high contact junction resistance is a limiting operational factor. Here, we establish an ohmic contact of low resistance of <4 × 10−6Ω cm2between platinum and n-type Si (111)-H surfaces. This involved Si-O covalen...

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Main Authors: Rahpeima, Soraya, Dief, Essam, Peiris, Chandramalika, Ferrie, Stuart, Duan, A., Ciampi, Simone, Raston, C.L., Darwish, Nadim
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY 2020
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100735
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93929
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author Rahpeima, Soraya
Dief, Essam
Peiris, Chandramalika
Ferrie, Stuart
Duan, A.
Ciampi, Simone
Raston, C.L.
Darwish, Nadim
author_facet Rahpeima, Soraya
Dief, Essam
Peiris, Chandramalika
Ferrie, Stuart
Duan, A.
Ciampi, Simone
Raston, C.L.
Darwish, Nadim
author_sort Rahpeima, Soraya
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Metal-semiconductor junctions are essential contacts for semiconductor devices, but high contact junction resistance is a limiting operational factor. Here, we establish an ohmic contact of low resistance of <4 × 10−6Ω cm2between platinum and n-type Si (111)-H surfaces. This involved Si-O covalent bonding a monolayer of graphene oxide (GO) to the Si surface followed by electrochemical reduction to form reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Current-voltage plots demonstrate that the GO/rGO transformation is associated with a change from a rectifying to an ohmic contact. The process is a viable method for constructing semiconductor-rGO interfaces and demonstrates that GO/rGO monolayers can be used as active components in tuning the contact resistance of metal-semiconductor junctions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-939292024-01-18T03:46:04Z Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact Rahpeima, Soraya Dief, Essam Peiris, Chandramalika Ferrie, Stuart Duan, A. Ciampi, Simone Raston, C.L. Darwish, Nadim Science & Technology Physical Sciences Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry SEMICONDUCTOR SCHOTTKY Metal-semiconductor junctions are essential contacts for semiconductor devices, but high contact junction resistance is a limiting operational factor. Here, we establish an ohmic contact of low resistance of <4 × 10−6Ω cm2between platinum and n-type Si (111)-H surfaces. This involved Si-O covalent bonding a monolayer of graphene oxide (GO) to the Si surface followed by electrochemical reduction to form reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Current-voltage plots demonstrate that the GO/rGO transformation is associated with a change from a rectifying to an ohmic contact. The process is a viable method for constructing semiconductor-rGO interfaces and demonstrates that GO/rGO monolayers can be used as active components in tuning the contact resistance of metal-semiconductor junctions. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93929 10.1039/d0cc02310h English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100735 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE160101101 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE160100732 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100450 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
SEMICONDUCTOR
SCHOTTKY
Rahpeima, Soraya
Dief, Essam
Peiris, Chandramalika
Ferrie, Stuart
Duan, A.
Ciampi, Simone
Raston, C.L.
Darwish, Nadim
Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact
title Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact
title_full Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact
title_fullStr Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact
title_full_unstemmed Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact
title_short Reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct Si-O bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact
title_sort reduced graphene oxide-silicon interface involving direct si-o bonding as a conductive and mechanical stable ohmic contact
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
SEMICONDUCTOR
SCHOTTKY
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100735
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100735
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100735
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100735
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93929