2020   01   en   p.13-16 X. Hidiyev, A. Asimov, A. Kerimova,
Comparative study on the electrical characteristics of Au/n-Si and Au/P3HT/n-Si Schottky contacts		  pdf 

ABSTRACT

In this work, we have fabricated Au/P3HT/n-Si and Au/n-Si Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) to investigate the effect of polymer interfacial layer on the electronic parameters. Electronic parameters of these two diodes were calculated from the current-voltage characteristics. It was seen that the ideality factor value of 3.47 calculated for the Au/P3HT/n-Si device was higher than the value of 1.18 of the Au/n-Si Schottky diodes. The high values in the ideality factor are caused possibly by various effects such as inhomogeneities of polymer interfacial layer film thickness and series resistance Rs. The Rs values obtained from Cheung’s function are 18.6 and 495 for Au/n-Si and Au/P3HT/n-Si, respectively. Our results show that P3HT conductive polymer can be used in device modification for Schottky barrier diodes or photodiodes.

Keywords: Schottky diodes, conductive polymer, spin coating, poly (3-hexylthiophene)
PACS: 72.10-d; 73.30.+y; 73.40.GK.

Received: 31.01.2020

AUTHORS & AFFILIATIONS

G.M. Abdullayev Institute of Physics of NAS Azerbaijan 131, H. Javid ave., Baku, Azerbaijan, AZ-1143
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