Schottky barrier diode parameters of Ag/MgPc/p-Si structure

Mevlüde Canlca, Mustafa Coşkun, Ahmet Altndal*, Tebello Nyokong

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Abstract

An Ag/Pc/p-Si Schottky barrier (SB) diode was fabricated. The current-voltage (I-V), capacitance-voltage (C-V) and conductance-voltage (G-V) measurements were carried out to determine the characteristic parameters such as barrier height, ideality factor and series resistance of the SB diode. The non-linear behavior of ln (I) vs. ln (V) and ln (I/V) vs. V1/2 plots indicated that the thermoionic emission theory can be applied to evaluate junction parameters for the investigated SB diode rather than space-charge limited conduction (SCLC) mechanism and bulk-limited PooleFrenkel emission. The bulk doping concentration NB and fixed oxide charges Nf was determined from the measured high frequency C-V curve and was found to be 9.5 × 1014 cm-3 and 2.3 × 1013 cm-2, respectively. The values of barrier height obtained from Norde's function were compared with those from the forward bias current-voltage characteristic, and it was seen that there was a good agreement between barrier heights from both methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)855-860
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
Volume16
Issue number7-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa through DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative for Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology, the Research Fund of the Yildiz Technical University (Project No. 24-01-02-12) and Rhodes University.

FundersFunder number
National Research Foundation
Rhodes University
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi24-01-02-12

    Keywords

    • ball type MgPc
    • fixed oxide charge
    • interface trap
    • MIS structure
    • nonperiferally position

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