Nanoscale Research Letters (Jan 2011)

Valence band offset of InN/BaTiO<sub>3 </sub>heterojunction measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

  • Zhang Weifeng,
  • Jia Caihong,
  • Chen Yonghai,
  • Guo Yan,
  • Liu Xianglin,
  • Yang Shaoyan,
  • Wang Zhanguo

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
p. 316

Abstract

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Abstract X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to measure the valence band offset of the InN/BaTiO3 heterojunction. It is found that a type-I band alignment forms at the interface. The valence band offset (VBO) and conduction band offset (CBO) are determined to be 2.25 ± 0.09 and 0.15 ± 0.09 eV, respectively. The experimental VBO data is well consistent with the value that comes from transitivity rule. The accurate determination of VBO and CBO is important for use of semiconductor/ferrroelectric heterojunction multifunctional devices.