RT journal article
T1 Diamond for Electronics: Materials, Processing and Devices
A1 Araújo Gay, Daniel
A1 Suzuki, Mariko
A1 Lloret Vieira, Fernando Manuel
A1 Alba Muñoz, Gonzalo
A1 Villar Castro, María del Pilar
A2 Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica
A2 Física Aplicada
K1 diamond
K1 MPCVD growth
K1 power electronics
K1 electron microscopy
AB Progress in power electronic devices is currently accepted through the use of wide bandgap materials (WBG). Among them, diamond is the material with the most promising characteristics in terms of breakdown voltage, on-resistance, thermal conductance, or carrier mobility. However, it is also the one with the greatest difficulties in carrying out the device technology as a result of its very high mechanical hardness and smaller size of substrates. As a result, diamond is still not considered a reference material for power electronic devices despite its superior Baliga's figure of merit with respect to other WBG materials. This review paper will give a brief overview of some scientific and technological aspects related to the current state of the main diamond technology aspects. It will report the recent key issues related to crystal growth, characterization techniques, and, in particular, the importance of surface states aspects, fabrication processes, and device fabrication. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of diamond devices with respect to other WBG materials are also discussed.
PB MDPI
SN 1996-1944
YR 2021
FD 2021-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26109
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26109
LA eng
NO The authors thank the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) of the Spanish Government for funding under Grant Nos. TEC2017-86347-C2-1-R, ESP2017-91820, PID2020-117201RB-C21, and PID2019-110219RB-100 and the Junta de Andalucia (Andalusian Government, Spain) for funding through Nos. P20_00946, FEDER-UCA18- 106470 and FEDER-UCA18-107851 projects.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026