Evidence of electron accumulation at nonpolar surfaces of InN nanocolumns
- 25 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 90 (26), 262110
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2749871
Abstract
High-quality InN nanocolumns grown by molecular beam epitaxy on -type Si(111) have been electrically characterized by atomic force microscopy. Current-voltage characteristics were measured on InN nanocolumns with similar heights but different diameters. The conductivity scales the nanocolumns reciprocal diameter, pointing to the nanocolumn lateral surface as the main conduction path. These results, opposing those found in undoped GaN nanocolumns where the conductivity is rather independent of the diameter (conduction through the volume), agree well with a model that predicts electron accumulation by Fermi level pinning within the conduction band on nonpolar ( plane) InN surfaces reconstructed under In-rich conditions.
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