Journal: | Revista mexicana de física |
Database: | PERIÓDICA |
System number: | 000460954 |
ISSN: | 0035-001X |
Authors: | Vásquez, M.A1 Romero Paredes, G2 Peña Sierra, R2 |
Institutions: | 1Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Facultad de Ciencias de la Electrónica, Puebla. México 2Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Ciudad de México. México |
Year: | 2018 |
Season: | Nov-Dic |
Volumen: | 64 |
Number: | 6 |
Pages: | 559-565 |
Country: | México |
Language: | Inglés |
Document type: | Artículo |
Approach: | Analítico, teórico |
English abstract | The charge transport mechanisms in nanostructured porous silicon (PS) films were studied through current-voltage (I-V) measurements of planar Au/PS/Au structures in dark conditions at 300 K. The films were formed by electrochemical etching of 1 - 5 Ω-cm p-type Si (100) wafers producing PS layers of 4.48 × 10 9 Ω-cm. The charge transport is limited both by the space charge limited currents (SCLC) and the carrier trapping- detrapping kinetics in the inherent localized PS energy levels. I-V characteristics evolve according to the trapping-detrapping carrier kinetics in the films showing that applying external bias, the electrical current can be controlled. For the first time the trap filling limiting voltage (V TFL) was identified in PS films that shift between 1 and 3 volts by the carrier trapping-detrapping kinetics from the PS intrinsic defect states. An energy band diagram for the films is schematically depicted including defect states. To give a reasonable explanation of the found behavior the existence of a thin silicon oxide film covering the network-like-silicon-nanocrystallites is required, in agreement with the widely accepted PS film structural models |
Disciplines: | Física y astronomía |
Keyword: | Ciencias de los materiales, Películas porosas de silicio, Metal aislante, Características eléctricas, Corriente de carga limitada |
Keyword: | Materials sciences, Porous silicon films, Metal insulator, Electrical characteristics, Space charge limited current (SCLC) |
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