Current-Voltage and Capacitance-Voltage Characteristics of Pd Schottky Diodes Fabricated on ZnO Grown along Zn- and O-Faces

2013 ◽  
Vol 313-314 ◽  
pp. 270-274
Author(s):  
M. Faisal ◽  
M. Asghar ◽  
Khalid Mahmood ◽  
Magnus Willander ◽  
O. Nur ◽  
...  

Temperature dependent current-voltage (I-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements were utilized to understand the transport mechanism of Pd Schottky diodes fabricated on Zn- and O-faces of ZnO. From I-V measurements, in accordance with the thermionic emission mechanism theory, it was found that the series resistance Rsand the ideality factor n were strongly temperature dependent that decreased with increasing temperature for both the faces (Zn and O-face) of ZnO revealing that the thermionic emission is not the dominant process. The barrier height øB(I-V)increased with increasing temperature for both faces. The measured values of ideality factor, barrier height and series resistance for Zn- and O-faces at room temperature were 4.4, 0.60 eV, 217 Ω and 2.8, 0.49 eV, 251 Ω respectively. The capacitance-voltage (C–V) measurements were used to determine the doping concentration Nd, the built-in-potential Vbi, and the barrier height øB(C-V). The doping concentration was found to be decreased with increasing depth. The barrier height øB(C-V)calculated for O-polar and Zn-polar faces decreases with increasing temperature. The values of barrier height øB(C-V)determined from C-V measurements were found higher than the values of barrier height øB(I-V). Keeping in view the calculated values of ideality factor, barrier height, and series resistance shows that O-polar face is qualitatively better than Zn-polar face.

2013 ◽  
Vol 858 ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
Nathaporn Promros ◽  
Ryūhei Iwasaki ◽  
Suguru Funasaki ◽  
Kyohei Yamashita ◽  
Chen Li ◽  
...  

n-Type NC-FeSi2/p-type Si heterojunctions were successfully fabricated by PLD, and their forward current-voltage characteristics were analyzed on the basis of thermionic emission theory (TE) in the temperature range from 300 down to 77 K. With a decrease in the temperature, the ideality factor was increased while the zero-bias barrier height was decreased. The calculated values of ideality factor and barrier height were 3.07 and 0.63 eV at 300 K and 10.75 and 0.23 eV at 77 K. The large value of ideality factor indicated that a tunneling process contributes to the carrier transport mechanisms in the NC-FeSi2 films. The series resistance, which was estimated by Cheungs method, was strongly dependent on temperature. At 300 K, the value of series resistance was 12.44 Ω and it was dramatically enhanced to be 1.71× 105 Ω at 77 K.


Author(s):  
Sabuhi Ganiyev ◽  
M. Azim Khairi ◽  
D. Ahmad Fauzi ◽  
Yusof Abdullah ◽  
N.F. Hasbullah

In this paper the effects of high energy (3.0 MeV) electrons irradiation over a dose ranges from 6 to 15 MGy at elevated temperatures 298 to 448 K on the current-voltage characteristics of 4H-SiC Schottky diodes were investigated. The experiment results show that after irradiation with 3.0 MeV forward bias current of the tested diodes decreased, while reverse bias current increased. The degradation of ideality factor, n, saturation current, Is, and barrier height, Phib, were not noticeable after the irradiation. However, the series resistance, Rs, has increased significantly with increasing radiation dose. In addition, temperature dependence current-voltage measurements, were conducted for temperature in the range of 298 to 448 K. The Schottky barrier height, saturation current, and series resistance, are found to be temperature dependent, while ideality factor remained constant. DOI: 10.21883/FTP.2017.12.45193.8646


2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 2050095
Author(s):  
Durmuş Ali Aldemir

Zr/p-Si Schottky diode was fabricated by DC magnetic sputtering of Zr on p-Si. Zr rectifying contact gave a zero bias barrier height of 0.73 eV and an ideality factor of 1.33 by current–voltage measurement. The experimental zero bias barrier height was higher than the value predicted by metal-induced gap states (MIGSs) and electronegativity theory. The forward bias current was limited by high series resistance. The series resistance value of 9840 [Formula: see text] was determined from Cheung functions. High value of the series resistance was ascribed to low quality ohmic contact. In addition to Cheung functions, important contact parameters such as barrier height and series resistance were calculated by using modified Norde method. Re-evaluation of modified Norde functions was realized in the direction of the method proposed by Lien et al. [IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 31 (1984) 1502]. From the method, the series resistance and ideality factor values were found to be as 41.49 [Formula: see text] and 2.08, respectively. The capacitance–voltage characteristics of the diode were measured as a function of frequency. For a wide range of applied frequency, the contact parameters calculated from [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curves did not exhibit frequency dependence. The barrier height value of 0.71 eV which was in close agreement with the value of zero bias barrier height was calculated from [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] plot at 1 MHz. The values of acceptor concentration obtained from [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curves showed consistency with actual acceptor concentration of p-Si.


2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reşit Özmenteş ◽  
Cabir Temirci

AbstractIn this study, CuO/n-Si/Al heterojunction contacts were fabricated by thermal evaporation technique. Electrical characteristics of the samples were investigated with the current-voltage (I-V), capacitance-voltage/frequency (C-V/f), and conductance-voltage (G/V) measurements at room temperature. Also, Cu/n-Si/Al Schottky contact was produced as a reference sample to investigate the electrical properties of the samples. The values of ideality factor (n), barrier height (Φb) and series resistance (Rs) of the samples were calculated from the forward bias current-voltage (I-V) and reverse bias capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics. Also, for checking the consistency of the results, Cheung and Norde functions were used. The experimental result values of CuO/n-Si contact were compared with the values of the reference Cu/n-Si Schottky diode. It was observed that the values of the ideality factor and barrier height of the CuO/n-Si heterojunction were higher than those of the Cu/n-Si Schottky contact, while the series resistance was lower. Also, it has been observed that the value of capacitance decreased with increasing frequency and after a certain value of frequency it was almost constant. The ideality factor of CuO/n-Si/Al heterostructure is about 2.40 and so, it is not close to the ideal behavior.


2013 ◽  
Vol 446-447 ◽  
pp. 88-92
Author(s):  
Nathaporn Promros ◽  
Suguru Funasaki ◽  
Ryūhei Iwasaki ◽  
Tsuyoshi Yoshitake

n-Type nanocrystalline FeSi2/intrinsic Si/p-type Si heterojunctions were prepared by FTDCS. In order to estimate their diode parameters such as ideality factor, barrier height and series resistance, their current-voltage characteristics were measured in the temperature range from 300 to 77 K and analyzed on the basis of thermionic emission theory and Cheungs method. Based on thermionic emission theory, the ideality factor was calculated from the slope of the linear part from the forward lnJ-V characteristics. The barrier height was calculated once the saturation current density was derived from the straight line intercept of lnJ-V plot at a zero voltage. The obtained results exhibit an increase of ideality factor and a decrease of barrier height at low temperatures, which might be owing to inhomogeneity of material and non-uniformity of charge at the interface. Based on Cheungs method, the ideality factor and barrier height were estimated from y-axis intercept of dV/d (lnJ)J plot and y-axis intercept of H(J)J plot, respectively. The series resistance was analyzed from the slopes of dV/d (lnJ)J and H(J)J plots. The values of ideality factor and barrier height obtained from this method are in agreement with those obtained from the thermionic emission theory. The obtained series resistances from dV/d (lnJ)J and H(J)J plots, which were approximately equal to each others, were increased as the temperature decreased. This result should be owing to the increased ideality factor and remarkably reduced carrier concentrations at low temperatures.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1103 ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
Nathaporn Promros ◽  
Suguru Funasaki ◽  
Motoki Takahara ◽  
Ryūhei Iwasaki ◽  
Mahmoud Shaban ◽  
...  

Mesa structural n-type nanocrystalline-FeSi2/p-type Si heterojunctions were successfully fabricated by a lift-off technique combined with a photolithography process. Their current-voltage characteristics were measured at low temperatures range from 300 K down to 60 K. We estimated their diode parameters such as ideality factor, barrier height and series resistance based on the thermionic emission theory and Cheung’s method. From the estimation by the thermionic emission theory, the obtained results show an increase of ideality factor and a decrease of barrier height at low temperatures. The estimation by Cheung’s method shows that the values of ideality factor and barrier height are in agreement with those obtained from the thermionic emission theory. The obtained series resistances from dV/d (lnJ)-J and H(J)-J plots, which are approximately equal to each others, are increased at low temperatures.


Author(s):  
A. Rabehi ◽  
B. Akkal ◽  
M. Amrani ◽  
S. Tizi ◽  
Z. Benamara ◽  
...  

In this paper, we give a systematical description of Ni|6H-SiC Schottky diode by current--voltage I(V) characteristics at room temperature and capacitance--voltage C(V) characteristics at various frequencies (10-800 kHz) and various temperatures (77-350oK). The I(V) characteristics show a double-barrier phenomenon, which gives a low and high barrier height (phiLbn=0.91 eV, phiHbn=1.55 eV), with a difference of Deltaphibn=0.64 eV. Also, low ideality factor nL=1.94 and high ideality factor nH=1.22 are obtained. The C-V-T measurements show that the barrier height phibn decreases with decreasing of temperature and gives a temperature coefficient alpha=1.0·10-3 eV/K and phibn(T=0 K)=1.32 eV. Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) has been used to investigate deep levels in the Ni|6H-SiC Schottky diode. The traps signatures such as activation energies Ea=0.50±0.07 eV, capture cross-section sigma=1.8·10-20 cm2, and defect concentration NT=6.2·1013 cm-3 were calculated from Arrhenius plots. Keywords: si1licon carbide, Schottky diodes, I-V, C-V-T, deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS).


2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (13) ◽  
pp. 1450100
Author(s):  
Dil Nawaz Khan ◽  
Muhammad Hassan Sayyad ◽  
Fazal Wahab ◽  
Muhammad Tahir ◽  
Muhammad Yaseen ◽  
...  

This paper reports the temperature dependent electrical characterization of formyl- TIPPCu (II)/p- Si heterojunction diode which was fabricated by growing thin films of formyl- TIPPCu (II) on the p-type silicon substrate by thermal sublimation technique. The variation in electrical characteristics of the fabricated devices has been systematically investigated as the function of temperature by using current–voltage (I–V) measurements in the temperature range 299–339 K. The diode parameters like ideality factor, zero bias barrier height and parasitic series resistance have been found to be strongly temperature dependant. The zero bias barrier height increases while ideality factor and series resistance decreases with increasing temperature.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1098 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thitinai Gaewdang ◽  
Ngamnit Wongcharoen

In this paper, p-CuO/n-CdS heterojunction was prepared by thermal evaporating CdS thin films on CuO 1 mm thick ceramic pellet substrate. The electrical properties of p-CuO/n-CdS heterojunction were investigated by forward current–voltage–temperature (I–V–T) characteristics in the temperature range of 100-300 K. The junction barrier height, ideality factor, and the series resistance values of the diode evaluated by using thermionic emission (TE) theory and Cheung’s method are 0.566 eV, 5.535 and 618.24 Ω at 300 K, respectively. The junction barrier height, ideality factor and series resistance were found to be strong temperature dependence. In part of C-V measurements at room temperature, the obtained built-in potential value being 0.538 V is well consistent with the junction barrier height value evaluated from I-V measurements


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