Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 40, Issue 1, 012805(2019)

Current transport mechanism of Mg/Au ohmic contacts to lightly doped n-type β-Ga2O3

Jianjun Shi, Xiaochuan Xia, Qasim Abbas, Jun Liu, Heqiu Zhang, Yang Liu, and Hongwei Liang
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  • School of Microelectronics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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    Jianjun Shi, Xiaochuan Xia, Qasim Abbas, Jun Liu, Heqiu Zhang, Yang Liu, Hongwei Liang. Current transport mechanism of Mg/Au ohmic contacts to lightly doped n-type β-Ga2O3[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(1): 012805

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    Received: Aug. 3, 2018

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    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2021

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    DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/40/1/012805

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