The authors have studied electrical properties of perovskite heteroepitaxial junctions consisting of transition metal oxides La1-xSrxMO3 (LSMO: M=Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) and an n-type semiconductor SrTi0.99Nb0.01O3 (Nb:STO). The junctions showed rectifying current-voltage characteristics that could be analyzed by taking into account a Schottky-like barrier formed in the Nb:STO at the interfaces. As the doping level x is increased, the Schottky barrier height and built-in potential increase as ∼x (eV), indicating the downward shift of the Fermi level position in the LSMO. The Fermi level position in the LSMO with the same doping level x tends to be deepened with increasing the atomic number of M, in the order of Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:90
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Issue:
25
)
Date of Publication:
Jun 2007
- Page(s):
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252102
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252102-3
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.2749431
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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18 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Jun 2007