Properties of metal-zinc oxide contacts

The known methods of forming surface barrier structures on zinc oxide are analyzed. The dependence of surface and contact properties of zinc oxide on thermal processing temperature in air and vacuum is studied. It is established that the contact may become rectifying or ohmic depending on the character of surface processing. It is shown that the major factor determining the properties of zinc-oxide contacts is the state of the semiconductor surface. The effect of moisture on the properties of such contact is studied.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 72–75, June, 1981.