Self-heating in ultra-wide bandgap n-type SrSnO3 thin films

• Published in: Applied physics letters 2022-10, Vol.121 (16)
• Main Authors: Golani, Prafful, Saha, Chinmoy Nath, Sundaram, Prakash P., Liu, Fengdeng, Truttmann, Tristan K., Chaganti, V. R. Saran Kumar, Jalan, Bharat, Singisetti, Uttam, Koester, Steven J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Applied physics; Current voltage characteristics; Dissipation; Electronic devices; Heating; Perovskites; Pulsed current; Thermal resistance; Thermal simulation; Thin films
• ISSN: 0003-6951; 1077-3118
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0105962

This work reports the quantification of rise in channel temperature due to self-heating in two-terminal SrSnO3 thin film devices under electrical bias. Using pulsed current–voltage (I–V) measurements, thermal resistances of the thin films were determined by extracting the relationship between the channel temperature and the dissipated power. For a 26-nm-thick n-doped SrSnO3 channel with an area of 200 μm2, a thermal resistance of 260.1 ± 24.5 K mm/W was obtained. For a modest dissipated power of 0.5 W/mm, the channel temperature rose to ∼176 °C, a value which increases further at higher power levels. Electro-thermal simulations were performed which showed close agreement between the simulated and experimental I–V characteristics both in the absence and presence of self-heating. The work presented is critical for the development of perovskite-based high-power electronic devices.