Analysis of the electrical characteristics of Zn/ZnSe/n-Si/Au-Sb structure fabricated using SILAR method as a function of temperature


Guzeldir B., Saglam M., Ates A.

JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, cilt.506, sa.1, ss.388-394, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 506 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.07.013
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.388-394
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: ZnSe, SILAR method, Sandwich structure, Barrier inhomogeneity, Gaussian distribution, INHOMOGENEOUS SCHOTTKY DIODES, BARRIER HEIGHTS, CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS, CHEMICAL-DEPOSITION, IDEALITY FACTORS, THIN-FILMS, TRANSPORT, ZNSE, DEPENDENCE, LAYER
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) method has been used to deposit ZnSe thin film onto Si substrate to obtain the Zn/ZnSe/n-Si/Au-Sb sandwich structure. The X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) methods are used to investigate the structural and morphological properties of films. The XRD and SEM studies reveal that the films are covered well on Si substrate and have good polycrystalline structure and crystalline levels. The current-voltage (I-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics of this structure have been investigated as a function of the temperature (80-300 K) with 20K steps. The ideality factor (n) and zero-bias barrier height (Phi(b0)) value which obtained from I-V curves were found to be strongly temperature dependent. While Phi(b0) increases with increasing temperature, n decreases. This behavior of the Phi(b0) and n can be attributed to barrier inhomogeneities at the metal-semiconductor (M-S) interface. The temperature dependence of the I-V characteristics of the Zn/ZnSe/n-Si/Au-Sb structure can reveal the existence of a double Gaussian distribution. The mean barrier height and the Richardson constant values are obtained as 0.925 eV and 1.140 eV, 130 A/cm(2) K-2 and 127 A/cm(2) K-2, from the modified Richardson plot, respectively. Furthermore, the barrier height and carrier concentration are calculated from reverse bias C-2-V measurements at 200 kHz frequency as a function of the temperature. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.