REVERSIBLE CHANGES OF THE OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF AMORPHOUS INOX BY PHOTOREDUCTION AND OXIDATION

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作者
FRITZSCHE, H [1 ]
PASHMAKOV, B [1 ]
CLAFLIN, B [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CHICAGO,DEPT PHYS,CHICAGO,IL 60637
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0927-0248(94)90101-5
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The conductivity sigma of amorphous InO(x) films can be increased to more than 500 OMEGA-1 cm-1 by exposure to ultraviolet light. This occurs even at 100 K and in sealed samples, and is caused by photoreduction. The conductivity can be decreased to less than 10(-9) OMEGA-1 cm-1 at 300 K by reoxidizing the sample in ozone or an oxygen plasma. The conducting samples exhibit free carrier absorption below hnu = 0.2 eV and a Burstein shift of the optical absorption edge by about 0.4 eV. Photoreduction and oxidation can change the optical and electrical properties of one and the same film in a reproducible manner. The temperature dependence of the conductivity of different oxidation stages of a sample can be explained between 150 K and 300 K by conduction in the extended states of the amorphous semiconductor.
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