Chin. Phys. Lett.  2010, Vol. 27 Issue (10): 107304    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/27/10/107304
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
Rectifying and Photovoltage Properties of ZnO:Al/p-Si Heterojunction
MA Jing-Jing, JIN Ke-Xin, LUO Bing-Cheng, FAN Fei, XING Hui, ZHOU Chao-Chao, CHEN Chang-Le
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Structures and Properties, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072
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MA Jing-Jing, JIN Ke-Xin, LUO Bing-Cheng et al  2010 Chin. Phys. Lett. 27 107304
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Abstract An Al-doped ZnO/p-Si heterojunction is fabricated by a laser molecular beam epitaxy technique. The abnormally high ideality factors (n≫2) of the prepared heterojunction are observed in the interim bias voltage range. A theoretical model is proposed to understand the much higher ideality factor of the special heterojunction diode. The ZnO:Al film shows metal−like conductivity with the electrical resistivity about 6.56×10-4⋅Ω⋅cm at room temperature. The temperature dependence of the photovoltage indicates that the photovoltaic effect of the Al-doped ZnO based heterojunction can be changed by the intrinsic metal-semiconductor transition at 120 K.
Keywords: 73.40.Lq      73.50.Pz      73.61.Ga     
Received: 11 May 2010      Published: 26 September 2010
PACS:  73.40.Lq (Other semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts, p-n junctions, and heterojunctions)  
  73.50.Pz (Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects)  
  73.61.Ga (II-VI semiconductors)  
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