CURRENT TRANSPORT MECHANISMS IN EPITAXIAL CDS/CDTE HETEROJUNCTIONS

被引:14
作者
ERCELEBI, C [1 ]
BRINKMAN, AW [1 ]
FURLONG, TS [1 ]
WOODS, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV DURHAM,SCH ENGN & APPL SCI,APPL PHYS GRP,DURHAM DH1 3LE,ENGLAND
关键词
Crystals--Epitaxial Growth - Electrons--Diffraction - Semiconducting Cadmium Compounds;
D O I
10.1016/0022-0248(90)90957-M
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
Epitaxial n-CdS/p-CdTe heterojunctions have been fabricated by the vacuum evaporation of CdS onto phosphorus doped {{circle, and vertical bar}111} B CdTe substrates. Analysis of the current-voltage and capacitance-voltage characteristics suggests that electrical transport across the junction is dominated by a multi-step tunneling process. Although open circuit voltage and short circuit current values were high, the overall photovoltaic conversion efficiency of the devices was restricted to ≈ 6%, because of the relatively high resistivity of the CdTe substrates. © 1989.
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页码:162 / 166
页数:5
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