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ArticleScientific reports2023

Electrical and thermal characterisation of liquid metal thin-film Ga[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text]-SiO[Formula: see text] heterostructures.

Alexander Petkov, Abhishek Mishra, Mattia Cattelan, Daniel Field, James Pomeroy, Martin Kuball

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  1. Advances in High-Voltage Power Electronics Using GaMaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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6 authors.

Alexander PetkovHH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK.
Abhishek MishraHH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK.
Mattia CattelanSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Daniel FieldHH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK.
James PomeroyHH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK.
Martin KuballHH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK. martin.kuball@bristol.ac.uk.

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/L015544/1Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies Scheme
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterostructures of Ga[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text] with other materials such as Si, SiC or diamond, are a possible way of addressing the low thermal conductivity and lack of p-type doping of Ga[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text] for device applications, as well as of improving device reliability. In this work we study the electrical and thermal properties of Ga[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text]-SiO[Formula: see text] heterostructures. Here, thin-film gallium oxide with thickness ranging between 8 and 30 nm was deposited onto a silicon substrate with a thermal oxide by means of oxidised liquid gallium layer delamination. The resulting heterostructure is then characterised by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and transient thermoreflectance. The thin-film gallium oxide valence band offset with respect to the SiO[Formula: see text] is measured as 0.1 eV and predicted as [Formula: see text] eV with respect to diamond. The thin-film's out-of-plane thermal conductivity is determined to be 3 ±0.5 Wm[Formula: see text] K[Formula: see text], which is higher than what has been previously measured for other polycrystalline Ga[Formula: see text]O[Formula: see text] films of comparable thickness.

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