The effect of alpha particle irradiation on electrical properties and defects of ZnO thin films prepared by sol-gel spin coating
Publication date: October 2019Source: Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Volume 101Author(s): M.E.I. Ahmed, F. Taghizadeh, F.D. Auret, W.E. Meyer, J.M. NelAbstractZnO thin films were prepared using the sol-gel spin coating technique. The structure was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The XRD spectra exhibited typical randomly orientated structure with a slight preference for growth along the (002) plane and a crystallite size of ∼ 48 nm. The Schottky barrier diodes were fabricated on the synthesized ZnO thin films. The electrical properties before and after irradiating the devices with alpha particle irradiation were characterized using current-voltage (I-V), capacitance-voltage (C-V), deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and Laplace-transform deep-level transient spectroscopy (L-DLTS) techniques. Pd/ZnO/n-Si/AuSb Schottky diodes exhibited good rectifying properties. Before irradiation, the DLTS spectra revealed one defect E4 with activation enthalpy 0.41 eV. After irradiation, there is a new defect Eα with the activation enthalpy 0.35 eV. Laplace-transform deep-level transient spectroscopy (L-DLTS) revealed the fine structure of the Eα to be made up of 0.53 eV and 0.36 eV defects.
Source: Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing - Category: Materials Science Source Type: research
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