Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet Detection
Abstract The demand for next‐generation wide bandgap semiconductors is driven by applications such as solar‐blind ultraviolet detection and ultra‐high power electronics, and gallium oxide (Ga2O3) has emerged as a highly promising candidate material due to its ultra‐wide bandgap, high intrinsic break...
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| description | Abstract The demand for next‐generation wide bandgap semiconductors is driven by applications such as solar‐blind ultraviolet detection and ultra‐high power electronics, and gallium oxide (Ga2O3) has emerged as a highly promising candidate material due to its ultra‐wide bandgap, high intrinsic breakdown field strength, and quite significant ultraviolet absorption. However, the lack of doping engineering based on substituting isovalent elements to achieve bandgap tuning has limited the development of Ga2O3 in ultraviolet detection. Here, the trivalent lanthanide elements are used as the homovalent substitution of gallium in Ga2O3 to achieve effective regulation of the optical bandgap. The theoretical calculation shows that the doped lanthanide (Lu) introduces its 6s orbital electrons to the conduction band of Ga2O3, resulting in a significant shift of the conduction band. Furthermore, an ITO/Ga2O3:Ln/Au structure photodetector is prepared by Ga2O3:Lu thin films, which exhibits an ultra‐low dark current (−2.09 × 10−¹3 A) and a fast response speed (321/136.8 ms), demonstrating the great prospect of Ga2O3:Ln semiconductors in photoelectronics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b528fafa45394a1f8ee7fed29f950de52025-08-20T02:56:47ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced Electronic Materials2199-160X2025-08-011112n/an/a10.1002/aelm.202500030Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet DetectionShunze Huang0Xuefang Lu1Yinlong Cheng2Jianzhong Xu3Xin Qian4Feng Huang5Richeng Lin6School of Rare Earths University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. ChinaKey Laboratory of Rare Earths Ganjiang Innovation Academy Chinese Academy of Sciences Ganzhou Jiangxi 341000 P. R. ChinaSchool of Rare Earths University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. ChinaSchool of Rare Earths University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. ChinaSchool of Rare Earths University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. ChinaSchool of Rare Earths University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. ChinaSchool of Rare Earths University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. ChinaAbstract The demand for next‐generation wide bandgap semiconductors is driven by applications such as solar‐blind ultraviolet detection and ultra‐high power electronics, and gallium oxide (Ga2O3) has emerged as a highly promising candidate material due to its ultra‐wide bandgap, high intrinsic breakdown field strength, and quite significant ultraviolet absorption. However, the lack of doping engineering based on substituting isovalent elements to achieve bandgap tuning has limited the development of Ga2O3 in ultraviolet detection. Here, the trivalent lanthanide elements are used as the homovalent substitution of gallium in Ga2O3 to achieve effective regulation of the optical bandgap. The theoretical calculation shows that the doped lanthanide (Lu) introduces its 6s orbital electrons to the conduction band of Ga2O3, resulting in a significant shift of the conduction band. Furthermore, an ITO/Ga2O3:Ln/Au structure photodetector is prepared by Ga2O3:Lu thin films, which exhibits an ultra‐low dark current (−2.09 × 10−¹3 A) and a fast response speed (321/136.8 ms), demonstrating the great prospect of Ga2O3:Ln semiconductors in photoelectronics.https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202500030bandgap engineeringgallium oxidelanthanidephotodetectorwide bandgap semiconductor |
| spellingShingle | Shunze Huang Xuefang Lu Yinlong Cheng Jianzhong Xu Xin Qian Feng Huang Richeng Lin Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet Detection Advanced Electronic Materials bandgap engineering gallium oxide lanthanide photodetector wide bandgap semiconductor |
| title | Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet Detection |
| title_full | Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet Detection |
| title_fullStr | Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet Detection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet Detection |
| title_short | Lanthanide‐Doped Ga2O3: A Route to Bandgap Engineering for Ultraviolet Detection |
| title_sort | lanthanide doped ga2o3 a route to bandgap engineering for ultraviolet detection |
| topic | bandgap engineering gallium oxide lanthanide photodetector wide bandgap semiconductor |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202500030 |
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