The electrical properties of semiconductor/metal,semiconductor/liquid,and semiconductor/conducting polymer contacts |
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| Authors: | Amit Kumar Wolf Christian A. Wilisch Nathan S. Lewis |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , CA , 91125 |
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| Abstract: | Critical comparisons are drawn between the basic electrical properties of semiconductor/metal, semiconductor/liquid, and semiconductor/conducting polymer junctions. A theoretical model is developed to describe the basic current-voltage properties of semiconductor contacts, with emphasis on the contrasts between ideal and observed behavior. Using the concepts from this model, the characteristics of a variety of semiconductor contacts are evaluated. The discussion focuses on the following semiconductors: Si, GaAs, InP, and II-VI compounds based on the Cd-(chalcogenide) materials. |
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| Keywords: | semiconductor semiconductor/metal junction semiconductor/liquid junction semiconductor/conducting polymer junction Fermi level Fermi level pinning Si GaAs InP CdS CdSe CdTe |
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