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Lattice-Mismatched van der Waals Epitaxy and Photoluminescence of Two-Dimensional GaxIn1–xSe Alloys on Si(111)

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Christopher P. Muzzillo *
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William E. McMahon
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Andriy Zakutayev
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Andrew G. Norman
DOI:10.1021/acs.cgd.6c00184delete
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GaxIn1–xSe (GIS) alloys are two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with band gaps and lattice parameters of interest for many energy and electronic applications. They can be fabricated using van der Waals epitaxy, which is an emerging technique that offers unprecedented opportunities for 2D optoelectronic devices and epitaxy processes. This work has demonstrated van der Waals epitaxy of GIS alloys for the first time. Films with x compositions of 0, 0.062, 0.164, 0.680, 0.894, and 1 and tunable lattice constants were grown on Si(111) substrates, and characterized by X-ray diffraction pole figure and transmission electron microscope analysis. In spite of the lattice mismatches (InSe is 4.1% too large and GaSe is 2.8% too small), these alloys grow epitaxially, with Si(111) || GIS(001) and Si[1–10] || GIS[100] orientation. Photoluminescence was used to measure tunable band gaps in the absorber-relevant 1.3–2.0 eV range as a function of x composition and showed GIS did not degrade after capping with Se and prolonged storage. Therefore, GIS alloys exhibit a technologically advantageous combination of tunable band gap and photoluminescence with relaxed lattice parameter and rotational registry with the substrate.
Keywords:
Alloys
Epitaxy
Gases
Lattices
Van der Waals epitaxy

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Crystal Growth & Design
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