Structural and electronic properties of Ga2O3-Al2O3 alloys

By H. Peelaers, J. Varley, J. Speck, C. G. Van de Walle. Applied Physics Letters, 2018

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Ga2O3 is emerging as an important electronic material. Alloying with Al2O3 is a viable method to achieve carrier confinement, to increase the bandgap, or to modify the lattice parameters. However, the two materials have very different ground-state crystal structures (monoclinic β-gallia for Ga2O3 and corundum for Al2O3). Here, we use hybrid density functional theory calculations to assess the alloy stabilities and electronic properties of the alloys. We find that the monoclinic phase is the preferred structure for up to 71% Al incorporation, in close agreement with experimental phase diagrams, and that the ordered monoclinic AlGaO3 alloy is exceptionally stable. We also discuss bandgap bowing, lattice constants, and band offsets that can guide future synthesis and device design efforts.

Subfields: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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