Published December 15, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Photocurrent spectroscopy of an Fe/Zn0.96Fe0.04S Schottky diode

  • 1. Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

Description

Fe/Zn0.96Fe0.04S Schottky diode was grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The short-circuit DC photocurrent spectroscopy was measured at temperatures from 10 to 300 K. Anomalous photocurrent was observed at temperatures above 100 K when excitation photon energies were less than the band gap energy of Zn0.96Fe0.04S. We have explained this anomalous phenomenon based on the photo-ionization of acceptor-like interface states. We believe that these interface states are associated with some complex (Fe,S) defects formed at the Fe/ZnFeS interface. The transient behavior of photocurrent at various temperatures has also been studied

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2007.08.111

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2007.08.111;
PII
S0921-4526(07)00653-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
401-402
Journal Page Range
p. 48-50
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
24. International conference on defects in semiconductors
Dates
22-27 Jul 2007
Place
Albuquerque, NM (United States)

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