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The temperature dependence of Hall mobility, µ, and carrier density, Ne, for thin InN films grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Plasma Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy have been investigated. For temperature up to 300 K, a large temperature-independent Ne is observed in films grown by the above two techniques. However, for higher temperatures, carrier density (Ne) increases with temperature. The characteristic behavior of the mobility for the films with low carrier density is different from that of the high carrier density film, particularly at low temperatures. The low carrier density film shows a peak ~250 K in mobility as a function of temperature which is contrast to the temperature independent mobility observed for the high density film for T < 300 K. We have investigated theoretically the effect of concentration of donor, acceptor, and threading dislocations on the carrier mobility in these films. Various electron-scattering mechanisms for the mobility in these films have been discussed.
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This work is supported by NSF-IGERT-DGE grant No. 9870720 and by the Center for Smart Sensors and Integrated Microsystems at the Wayne State University.
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Thakur, J., Naik, R., Naik, V. et al. Temperature dependence of transport properties of InN films. MRS Online Proceedings Library 892, 806 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-0892-FF08-06
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