Accelerating the demonstration of Gallium Oxide’s outstanding potential for Energy application – GOPOWER
GOPOWER project concerns “Basic Science for Energy” axis. Ga2O3 is an emerging ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor material for future high-power devices (beyond 6.5 kV) devoted to energy applications such as electric transportation and smart grids. All Ga2O3 power devices demonstrated so far have been unipolar (n-type based) in nature. P-type material is absolutely necessary for realization of bipolar devices operating at very high voltages. GOPOWER objective is to accelerate the demonstration of Ga2O3 outstanding potential with demonstration of p-type 2-inch Ga2O3 epi-layers, suitable for integration into a rectifying power PiN diode structure with breakdown voltage target of > 6,5 kV. To reach this goal, which represents a very important breakthrough in current Ga2O3 technology, GOPOWER ‘s international consortium will apply a multi route strategy based on unique expertise of material design (ab-initio calculation), growth, advanced material characterization and device modelling.
Project coordination
EKATERINE CHIKOIDZE (Groupe d'études de la matière condensée)
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Partnership
INL INSTITUT DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES DE LYON
INSP Institut des nanosciences de Paris
ICN2 FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA DE NANOCIENCIA I NANOTECNOLOGIA / Oxide nano-electronics group
GEMaC Groupe d'études de la matière condensée
Swansea University / Semiconductor and Electronic Materials Institute (SEMI)
Help of the ANR 467,272 euros
Beginning and duration of the scientific project:
October 2021
- 42 Months
