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Effect of a-SiC:H Film Composition on the Performance of Large Area Optical Sensors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

P. Louro ,
Yu. Vygranenko ,
M. Fernandes ,
M. Vieira  and
M. Schubert
P. Louro
Affiliation:
Electronics and Communications Dept., ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, P 1949-014 Lisboa, Portugal
Yu. Vygranenko
Affiliation:
Electronics and Communications Dept., ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, P 1949-014 Lisboa, Portugal
M. Fernandes
Affiliation:
Electronics and Communications Dept., ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, P 1949-014 Lisboa, Portugal
M. Vieira
Affiliation:
Electronics and Communications Dept., ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, P 1949-014 Lisboa, Portugal Email: mv@isel.pt
M. Schubert
Affiliation:
Institut fur Physikalische Elektronik, Universitat Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 47, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Abstract

A series of large area single layers and heterojunction cells in the assembly glass/ZnO:Al/p (SixC1-x:H)/i (Si:H)/n (SixC1-x:H)/Al (0<x<1) were produced by PE-CVD at low temperature. Junction properties, carrier transport and photogeneration are investigated from dark and illuminated current-voltage and capacitance-voltage characteristics. For the heterojunction cells Atypical J-V characteristics under different illumination conditions are observed leading to poor fill factors. High serial resistances around 106 Ω are also measured. These experimental results were used as a basis for the numerical simulation of the energy band diagram, and the electrical field distribution of the whole structures. Further comparison with the sensor performance gave satisfactory agreement.

Results show that the conduction band offset is the most limiting parameter for the optimal collection of the photogenerated carriers. As the optical gap increases and the conductivity of the doped layers decreases, the transport mechanism changes from a drift to a diffusion-limited process.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 685: Symposium D – Advanced Materials and Devices for Large-Area Electronics , 2001 , D5.24.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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