Electronic properties of phosphorus doped silicon nanocrystals embedded in SiO{sub 2}
- IMTEK, Faculty of Engineering, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg (Germany)
- Institut für Oberflächen- und Schichtanalytik (IFOS) and Forschungszentrum OPTIMAS, Trippstadter Str. 120, 67663 Kaiserslautern (Germany)
- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 (Australia)
We study the electronic properties of phosphorus doped Si nanocrystal/SiO2 superlattices and determine the carrier concentration by transient current analysis. This is achieved by encapsulating the multilayers between two electrical insulation layers and controlling the carrier mobility by a defined layer to layer separation. A saturation of the voltage dependent ionized carrier density is observed which indicates complete substitutional dopant ionization and allows to calculate the dopant induced charge carrier density. It is found that the doping efficiency of the superlattice is only 0.12% considering the full ionization regime which explains the unusual small dopant effect on transport characteristics.
- OSTI ID:
- 22395766
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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