Properties of diode heterostructures based on nanocrystalline n-SnO2 on p-Si under the conditions of gas adsorptionстатья
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Аннотация:Heterostructures n-SnO2(Me)/p-Si (Me = Cu, Pd, or Ni) with a SnO2 layer thickness 0.8-1 mu m were synthesized. The average size of tin dioxide crystallite was 6-8 nm. The current-voltage characteristics of the structures were measured in dry air under the conditions of NO2 and C2H5OH adsorption. The current-voltage characteristics measured in ambient air were satisfactorily described within the diode theory with large nonideality factors: beta similar to 8-18. Gas molecule adsorption substantially modifies the current-voltage characteristics in the range of both forward and reverse biases. The shape of the current-voltage characteristics was explained taking into account activation transitions through a barrier whose height can either decrease or increase depending on the adsorbed molecule type and changes in tunnel processes at the interface. (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".