Effect of nanopatches on electrical behavior of Ni/n-type Si Schottky diode |
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Authors: | Sh. Rahmatallahpur M. Yegane |
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Affiliation: | Material Research School, P.O.B 55515196, Bonab, Iran |
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Abstract: | Topological surface measurement of thin metal film using a conducting probe atomic force microscope (C-AFM) shows that thin metal film deposited on Ni/n-Si Schottky diode (SD) consists of patches. These patches are sets of parallel connected and electrically cooperating nano-contacts of size between 50 and 100nm. Every individual patch acts as an individual diode with different I-V curve, barrier height (BH) and ideality factor (n). Between these diodes or patches, there are spot field distributions; the patches with different local work functions are in direct electric contact with surrounding patches. As a result, a potential difference between surfaces of patches, the so-called electrostatic spot field Ef, is formed. It is shown that in real metal-semiconductor (MS) contacts, patches with quite different configurations, various geometrical sizes and local work functions are randomly distributed on the surface of metal; hence direction and intensity of spot field are non-uniformly distributed along the surface of metal. There is a linear dependence between barrier height and ideality factor, which is the consequence of reduction of distance of the maximum of BH from the interface. This dependency is the sign of reduction of contribution of a peripheral current. |
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Keywords: | Schottky barrier diodes Conducting probe-atomic force microscope Nanopatches Barrier height and ideality factor |
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