In this paper, BaSi2 homojunction diodes with a Cr/n-BaSi2 Schottky junction and an n-Ba Si2/p-Si hetero-junction have been fabricated to investigate the electrical properties of the n-Si2, and clear rectifying properties were observed in the current density versus voltage characteristics.
Abstract:
Current status and future prospects towards BaSi2 pn junction solar cells are presented. As a preliminary step toward the formation of BaSi2 homojunction diodes, diodes with a Cr/n-BaSi2 Schottky junction and an n-BaSi2/p-Si hetero-junction have been fabricated to investigate the electrical properties of the n-BaSi2. Clear rectifying properties were observed in the current density versus voltage characteristics in both diodes. From the capacitance-voltage measurements, the build-in potential, VD, was 0.53 V in the Cr/n-BaSi2 Schottky junction diode, and the Schottky barrier height was 0.73 eV calculated from the thermoionic emission theory; the VD was about 1.5 V in the n-BaSi2/p-Si hetero-junction diode, which was consistent with the difference in the Fermi level between the n-BaSi2 and the p-Si.
Analysis of the electrical properties of Cr/n-BaSi2 Schottky junction and n-BaSi2/p-Si
heterojunction diodes for solar cell applications
Weijie Du, Masakazu Baba, Kaoru Toko, Kosuke O. Hara, Kentaro Watanabe, Takashi Sekiguchi, Noritaka
Usami, and Takashi Suemasu
Citation: Journal of Applied Physics 115, 223701 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4882117
View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4882117
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Q1. What have the authors contributed in "Analysis of the electrical properties of cr/n-basi2 schottky junction and n-basi2/p-si heterojunction diodes for solar cell applications" ?
In this paper, the Cr/n-BaSi2 Schottky junction and n-Ba Si2/p-Si heterojunction diodes were formed and clear rectifying properties were observed in the J-V characteristics at RT.
Q2. What is the q/S of the n-BaSi2?
The positive ionized donor density, NþD , near the surface region of the n-BaSi2 layer, was calculated to be 3 1016 cm 3 from the C-V characteristics, assuming that the permittivity of BaSi2 approaches 15 for long wavelengths.
Q3. What was the process of growing the BaSi2 layer?
After the growth, 1-mm-diamter front-surface Au/Cr electrodes were formed by vacuum evaporation and theback-surface Al electrodes by sputtering.
Q4. How many cm3 of the n-BaSi2 was measured?
In their previous works, the electron density in the undoped n-BaSi2 was usually of the order of 10 16 cm 3 from the Hall measurement.
Q5. How was the reverse saturation density JS determined?
For a Schottky junction diode, the reverse saturationcurrent density JS can be expressed by the thermoionic emission theory:38JS ¼ A T2exp q/S kBT ; (1)where A* is the effective Richardson constant, kB the Boltzmann constant, q/S the barrier height for electrons in the metal.
Q6. How many electrons were in the undoped n-BaSi2 layers?
The electron concentrations of the undoped n-BaSi2 layers were of the order of 1016 cm 3 in both samples from the C-V measurement.
Q7. How is the EV of the p-Si diode calculated?
In the Schottky junction diode, the JS was 6.1 10 6 A/cm2, the Schottky barrier height was calculated to be 0.73 eV and the VD deduced from the 1/C 2 versus V plot, was found to be 0.53 V.
Q8. How was the reverse saturation density js determined?
The reverse saturation current density JS can be deduced from the intercept of the straight line of the Log(J)-V plot at V¼ 0 and was found to be 6.1 10 6 A/cm2.