ZnO/P-Si异质结的光电特性研究

利用脉冲激光沉积方法在P-Si(100)衬底上生长ZnO薄膜,制备ZnO/P-Si异质结,研究衬底温度对异质结光电特性的影响.结果表明,在400℃,500℃,550℃和600℃下生长ZnO制备的异质结都有一定的整流特性,反向暗电流随着衬底温度的升高略有增加,在550℃下制备的样品具有最明显的光电效应.ZnO/P-Si异质结对可见光和紫外光呈现出不同的响应性.在可见光照射下,光电流随反向偏压急剧增大,偏压增大到某一值时,光电流增速变小,而在紫外光下,光电流有逐渐增大的趋势.根据ZnO的透射谱认为,可见光和紫外光是异质结不同的耗尽区诱导电子-空穴对产生光电流的.     

硅衬底Ba1-xSrxNbyTi1-yO3薄膜光敏特性的研究

利用硅平面工艺和氩离子束镀膜技术在SiO2/Si衬底上淀积一层厚45nm的钛铌酸锶钡(Ba1-xSrxNbyTi1-yO3)薄膜，制成Al/Ba1-xSrxNbyTi1-yO3/SiO2/Si结构平面型薄膜电阻器。测试了该薄膜电阻器的吸收光谱，不同照度、电压下的光电流，调制光下的频率特性。实验结果表明：在钛酸钡中掺入锶(Sr)和铌(Nb)后，禁带内引入了杂质能级，钛铌酸锶钡禁带宽度变为2.7eV，且可见光区域存在连续的吸收峰。该薄膜在近紫外及可见光范围内具有良好的光敏特性，其灵敏度和光电导增益较高，并且具有较好的线性光照特性。光照强度较低时，电阻器的光照特性属于单分子复合过程；光照强度较高时，电阻器的光照特性属于双分子复合过程。通过对该薄膜电阻器频率特性的测量得出：在光照度为200lx时，薄膜中光生载流子的寿命为27ms。     

退火对ZnO薄膜晶体结构和ZnO/p-Si异质结光电性质的影响

采用脉冲激光沉积方法在p-Si(100)衬底卜牛长ZnO薄膜,分别在500℃、600℃和700℃下真空退火,采用X射线衍射仪研究了退火对ZnO薄膜品体结构的影响,并测量了ZnO的面电阻和ZnO/p-Si异质结的、I-V特性曲线.研究表明,随着退火温度的升高,ZnO的(002)衍射峰强度逐渐增大,半峰全宽不断减小,同时薄膜内应力减小,ZnO晶粒尺寸变大.表明高温退火有助于ZnO薄膜结晶质量的提高.在没有光照的条件下,异质结的漏电流随退火温度的增加而增大;用650 nm光照射样品时,600℃退火的样品表现出最明显的光电效应,而过高的退火温度会破坏ZnO/p-Si异质结的界面结构,使其光电流变小.所以,要得到性能良好的光电器件,应选取适当的退火温度.     

籽晶层对喷雾热分解法生长ZnO薄膜结晶质量和光电性能的影响

通过脉冲激光沉积(PLD)方法在Si(100)衬底上沉积一层高质量的ZnO籽晶层,在籽晶层上进一步采用超声喷雾热分解(USP)法生长ZnO薄膜,研究了籽晶层对ZnO薄膜结晶质量和ZnO/Si异质结光电特性的影响。研究结果表明,在籽晶层的诱导作用下,USP法生长ZnO薄膜由多取向结构变为(002)单一取向,结晶性能得到了显著改善;籽晶层上生长的薄膜呈现出垂直于衬底生长的柱状晶结构,微观结构更加致密。通过研究紫外光照前后ZnO/Si异质结的整流特性,发现引入籽晶层后,反向偏压下异质结的光电响应显著增加,并且在开路状态下出现明显的光伏效应。     

氧化锌薄膜光电功能材料研究的关键问题

氧化锌薄膜光电功能材料是近年来新发展起来的研究课题,由于它在短波长光电信息功能材料方面具有潜在的应用前景而备受关注.为了开发ZnO结型光电器件,目前首先需要解决高质量ZnO单晶薄膜的外延及p型掺杂等关键问题.综合国内外的研究结果,结合我们的工作,叙述了利用多晶格匹配原理通过过渡层在Si衬底上异质外延高质量ZnO薄膜,介绍了用SiC作过渡层生长ZnO薄膜的有关问题.对ZnO的p型掺杂,分析了制备p型ZnO的困难和利用Ⅲ-Ⅴ族共掺杂方法生长p型ZnO的作用和优点.     

ZnO∶Al薄膜中本征缺陷对光电效应的影响

在直流溅射法制备ZnO薄膜的过程中 ,通过合适选取溅射时氧氩的压力比 ,可以显著提高所得n ZnO p Si异质结的光生短路电流 ,并且对该异质结的光生开路电压没有明显影响 ,从而可以用这种方法明显提高其光电转化能力。即使是在已经进行了n型掺杂的ZnO薄膜 (这里为ZnO∶Al)中 ,改变溅射时氧氩比对光电效应的影响也很明显。通过实验 ,已经证实了产生这种现象的原因是溅射时氧氩比的改变导致了ZnO薄膜内部的本征缺陷浓度的改变 ,使得载流子浓度变化而导致的结果。在氧氩压力比约为 1∶3时 ,光电转化效率最高     

氧气后处理对氧化锌薄膜紫外发射性质的影响

为了提高ZnO光发射效率和制备p型ZnO,对热处理的氧分压对薄膜的结构、形貌、光致光发射和ZnO/Si异质结的Ⅰ-Ⅴ特性的影响进行了研究.用直流反应溅射法在p型硅衬底上生长ZnO薄膜形成n-ZnO/P-Si异质结.在1000℃下用不同比例的氧和氨热处理,我们发现,在纯氮气中得到的样品有强的紫外发射(390nm),随氧气比例增大,紫外增强,同时绿光也产生并随之增强.但过大的氧分压反而产生多的受主缺陷,使越来越多的激发能量转移到发射能量低的绿光中心,从而使紫外减弱.在纯氧和无氧条件下热处理的俄歇谱表明纯氧下氧过量,而无氧下锌大大过量.ZnO/p-Si异质结的Ⅰ-Ⅴ特性表明,无氧热处理表现为典型的n-ZnO/p-Si异质结;而在纯氧气氛中处理后所得Ⅰ-Ⅴ曲线反向,这表明在高氧压下受主缺陷的产生,表明ZnO薄膜有可能由于高氧压热处理由n型转为p型.     

氧化锌/金刚石薄膜异质结紫外光探测器

采用射频磁控溅射法在p型自支撑金刚石衬底上制备了高度c轴取向的n型氧化锌薄膜.研究了不同的溅射功率对氧化锌薄膜质量的影响.通过半导体特性分析系统测试了氧化锌/金刚石异质结的电流-电压特性,结果显示该异质结二极管具有良好的整流特性,开启电压约为1.6 V.在此基础上制备了结型紫外光探测器,并对其光电性能进行了研究.结果表...     

SrTiO3/α-Fe2O3异质结光阳极光电转换性能

作为一类重要的光电极材料,α-Fe2O3在太阳能转化方面有着潜在的应用前景.但是,光生电子空穴对的再复合导致α-Fe2O3的光电量子产率很低.为了抑制光生电子空穴对的再复合,提高α-Fe2O3的光电量子产率,采用Spin-coating方法在透明导电玻璃FTO(SnO2:F)衬底上制备了SrTiO3/α-Fe2O3异质结薄膜光电极,并对该光电极进行了XRD、SEM、紫外-可见透射光谱的表征.在三电极光电化学测试系统中对薄膜的光电流-电压特性、入射光子电流转化效率(Incident photon to current efficiency,IPCE)对波长的依赖性进行了表征.在相同的Xe灯照射条件下,SrTiO3/α-Fe2O3异质结光电极的光电流及IPCE值大于单一的SrTiO3、α-Fe2O3各自的光电流及IPCE值,这与理论预测的结论一致.     

pn结电容-电压法测量应变SiGe禁带宽度

利用应变SiGe/Si异质pn结电容-电压（C-V）特性确定SiGe禁带宽度的技术.该技术根据SiGe/Si异质pn结C-V实验曲线，计算出 pn结接触电势差，并得到SiGe/Si的价带偏移量和导带偏移量，进而求得SiGe禁带宽度.该技术测试方法简便，其过程物理意义清晰，既适用于分立的SiGe/Si异质pn结，也可直接分析SiGe/Si异质结器件中的SiGe 禁带宽度.实验结果与理论计算及其他相关文献报道的结果符合较好. 关键词： SiGe/Si 异质pn结 C-V 禁带宽度     

Fast photovoltaic characteristic of silver nano-cluster doped ZnO thin films induced by 1.064 μm pulsed laser

Fast photovoltaic characteristic was found from silver nano-cluster doped ZnO thin films when it was irradiated by 1.064 μm infrared laser. Its arising time is about 1 ns with an open-circuit photovoltage of ∼2 ns full width at half-maximum. A transient photovoltaic signal of ∼80 mV occurred with a full width at half-maximum of about 2 ns was observed under the illumination of a 4 mJ pulsed laser in duration of 25 ps. This fast photovoltaic response perhaps relate to the non-uniform distribution of the silver clusters along direction perpendicular to ZnO surface.     

Photovoltaic cells based on nickel phthalocyanine and zinc oxide formed by atomic layer deposition

The introduction of an ultrathin zinc oxide (ZnO) layer formed by the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique was found to improve the operation parameters of nickel phthalocyanine (NiPc) based photovoltaic cells with a transparent bottom electrode, indium tin oxide (ITO). This improvement is attributed to several reasons, such as I) increase of photovoltaic yield in ITO/p-NiPc/n-ZnO/Al cells incorporating a hybrid heterojunction as compared to single-layer ITO/NiPc/Al cells, II) enhancement of the overall spectral response in the double-layer cells and III) extension of long-term operational stability.     

Photovoltaic effect in thin film of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 evaporated on stainless steel

A dc photovoltaic effect has been observed in thin films of Pb(Zr, Ti)O₃ evaporated on stainless steel, in the absence of applied field. The spectral photovoltaic response of the film has a peak sensitivity around 4000 Å. The photovoltage exists only below the Curie temperature. The film device becomes semiconductive under illumination.     

Current transport in ZnO/Si heterostructure grown by laser molecular beam epitaxy

The n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction was fabricated by depositing high quality single crystalline aluminium-doped n-type ZnO film on p-type Si using the laser molecular beam epitaxy technique. The heterojunction exhibited a good rectifying behavior. The electrical properties of the heterojunction were investigated by means of temperature dependence current density-voltage measurements. The mechanism of the current transport was proposed based on the band structure of the heterojunction. When the applied bias V is lower than 0.15 V, the current follows the Ohmic behavior. When 0.15V 0.6 V), the space charge limited effect becomes the main transport mechanism. The current-voltage characteristic under illumination was also investigated. The photovoltage and the short circuit current density of the heterojunction aproached 270 mV and 2.10 mA/cm 2 , respectively.     

Angle-sensitive and fast photovoltage of silver nanocluster embeded ZnO thin films induced by 1.064-μm pulsed laser

Silver nanocluster embedded ZnO composite thin film was observed to have an angle-sensitive and fast photovoltaic effect in the angle range from –90o to 90o, its peak value and the polarity varied regularly with the angle of incidence of the 1.064-μ m pulsed Nd:YAG laser radiation onto the ZnO surface. Meanwhile, for each photovoltaic signal, its rising time reached ～2 ns with an open-circuit photovoltage of ～2 ns full width at half-maximum. This angle-sensitive fast photovoltaic effect is expected to put this composite film a candidate for angle-sensitive and fast photodetector.     

Effect of doping on structural,optical and electrical properties of nanostructure ZnO films deposited onto a-Si:H/Si heterojunction

We investigated the structural; optical and electrical properties of ZnO thin films as the n-type semiconductor for silicon a-Si:H/Si heterojunction photodiodes. The ZnO film forms the front contact of the super-strata solar cell and has to exhibit good electrical (high conductivity) and optical (high transmittance) properties. In this paper we focused our attention on the influence of doping on device performance. The results show that the X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra revealed a preferred orientation of the crystallites along c-axis. SEM images show that all films display a granular, polycrystalline morphology and the ZnO:Al exhibits a better grain uniformity. The transmittance of the doped films was found to be higher when compared to undoped ZnO. A low resistivity of the order of 2.8 × 10⁻⁴ Ω cm is obtained for ZnO:Al using 0.4 M concentration of zinc acetate. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra exhibit a blue band with two peaks centered at 442 nm (2.80 eV) and 490 nm (2.53 eV). It is noted that after doping the ZnO films a shift of the band by 22 nm (0.15 eV) is recorded and a high luminescence occurs when using Al as a dopant. Dark I–V curves of ZnO/a-Si:H/Si structure showed large difference, which means there is a kind of barrier to current flow between ZnO and a-Si:H layer. Doping films was applied and the turn-on voltages are around 0.6 V. Under reverse bias, the current of the ZnO/a-Si:H/Si heterojunction is larger than that of ZnO:Al/a-Si:H/Si. The improvement with ZnO:Al is attributed to a higher number of generated carriers in the nanostructure (due to the higher transmittance and a higher luminescence) that increases the probability of collisions.     

Thin Film Solar Cell Based on ZnSnN2/SnO Heterojunction

In this article, we report the growth of zinc‐tin nitride (ZnSnN₂) thin films as a potential absorber for photovoltaic applications by fabricating a heterojunction of n‐ZnSnN₂/p‐SnO. The performance of the heterojunction has been monitored through selective deposition of top electrode with different materials (Ni/Au or Al). The electron‐transfer process from the ZnSnN₂ layer to the cathode is facilitated by selecting metal electrode with relatively low work function, which also boosts up the electron injection or/and extraction. The diode exhibits a good J–V response in the dark with a rectification ratio of 3 × 10³ at 1.0 V and an ideality factor of 4.2 in particular with Al as the top electrode. Under illumination, the heterostructure solar cell demonstrates a power conversion efficiency of ≈0.37% with an open circuit voltage of 0.25 V and a short circuit current density of 4.16 mA cm^?2. The prime strategies, on how to improve solar cell efficiency concerning band offsets and band alignment engineering are also discussed.     

Characterization of SnO2/Pb2CrO5 thin film/metal photovoltaic device

The photovoltaic behavior in a design of SnO₂/Pb₂CrO₅ thin film/metal (Au or Al) is described as functions of light intensity and wavelength for two different illumination directions. The Pb₂CrO₅ thin film in each device is formed over the SnO₂ coated glass substrate by an electron-beam evaporation technique. When illuminated from the metal side, the device with Au or Al shows the positive or the negative photovoltage, respectively. For the illumination from the SnO₂ side, the device with Au has the negative photovoltage at the short wavelength, and the positive one at the longer, while the device with Al has the negative photovoltage at both wavelength regions. These photovoltaic devices have two junctions at both sides of the Pb₂CrO₅ thin film. The band model of each device is also discussed.     

Spray pyrolised Al/ZnO: Al heterojunction: Effect of Al on junction properties

Al/ZnO: Al heterojunction was fabricated by depositing ZnO: Al film on Al substrate by spray pyrolysis technique at 220 °C substrate temperature. XRD, SEM and EDAX techniques were used to study the properties of thin films. Heterojunction properties were studied by I–V and C–V measurements. The fabricated Al/ZnO: Al junctions were rectifying in character. The room temperature ideality factors of Al/ZnO: Al junctions are found to vary from 2.56 to 5.45. The reverse saturation currents are 5.21 × 10⁻⁹, 1.35 × 10⁻⁶, 1.99 × 10⁻⁶, 9.99 × 10⁻⁷ and 1.02 × 10⁻⁷ A for Al/ZnO: Al junctions. Junction forward current depends on doping concentrations and temperature, whereas reverse saturation current remains independent for Al concentration. The built-in-potential calculated from capacitance for Al/ZnO: Al junctions are 2.74, 2.60, 2.0, 2.50 and 2.43 V corresponding to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 mol% of Al. X-ray diffraction study confirmed that the films are polycrystalline, orientated in (0 0 2) plane. Scanning electron microscopy study confirmed circular ring patterns with inside ribbon type structure for Al doped ZnO films.