电化学光伏法测定n-和p-GaAs少子扩散长度

从GaAs/电解液界面的电化学研究,提出了一种适合于测定化合物半导体少子扩散长度的光电化学新方法──电化学光伏法,用它成功地测定了n-和p-GaAs体单晶及外延层的少子扩散长度。     

非故意掺杂吸收层InP/InGaAs异质结探测器研究

为了获得低噪声铟镓砷（InGaAs）焦平面,需要采用高质量的非故意掺杂InGaAs（u-InGaAs）吸收层进行探测器的制备。采用闭管扩散方式,实现了Zn元素在u-InGaAs吸收层晶格匹配InP/In_0.53Ga_0.47As异质结构材料中的P型掺杂,利用扫描电容显微技术(SCM)对Zn在材料中的扩散过程进行了研究,结果表明,随着扩散温度和时间增加,p-n结结深显著增加,u-InGaAs吸收层材料的扩散界面相比较高吸收层浓度材料（5×1016 cm?3）趋于缓变。根据实验结果计算了530 ℃下Zn在InP中的扩散系数为1.27×10?12 cm2/s。采用微波光电导衰退法(μ-PCD)提取了InGaAs吸收层的少子寿命为5.2 μs。采用激光诱导电流技术(LBIC)研究了室温下u-InGaAs吸收层器件的光响应分布,结果表明:有效光敏面积显著增大,对实验数据的拟合求出了少子扩散长度L_D为63 μm,与理论计算基本一致。采用u-InGaAs吸收层研制的器件在室温(296 K)下暗电流密度为7.9 nA/cm2,变温测试得到激活能E_a为0.66 eV,通过拟合器件的暗电流成分,得到器件的吸收层少子寿命τ_p约为5.11 μs,与微波光电导衰退法测得的少子寿命基本一致。     

Numerical evaluation of the scanning method for the determination of minority carrier diffusion length in p-n junctions

A numerical model for the scanning method for determining minority carrier diffusion length is presented to include the effect of the built-in field and high-level injection. A numerical simulation is presented which shows that the scanning method for diffusion length measurements will not give accurate results for minority carrier diffusion length in the region where the presence of a built-in field is significant. No matter how poor the junction is made, the accuracy of the measurement method increases away from the depletion region. The problem of low magnitude in the induced short circuit current away from the physical junction could be overcome by increasing the generation level. For substrate dopant concentrations between 2.0 × 10¹⁵cm⁻³ and 6.0 × 10¹⁶cm⁻³ the distance into the device from the surface where the error of the measurement will be greater than 10% is expressed as a semi-empirical formula relating dopant concentration. When there are irregularities in minority carrier lifetime closer to the physical junction, the measurement method will accurately determine the minority carrier diffusion length in a particular region only if the width of that region is much larger than its diffusion length.     

Experimental investigation of the excess charge

The open-circuit voltage of about 600 mV developed by 0.1 ohm-cm silicon solar cells under air mass zero illumination is about 100 mV less than voltages predicted from simple diffusion theory. The lower measured voltages appear to be controlled by junction current transport processes associated with the thin top diffused layer. Mechanisms such as low n⁺ layer minority carrier lifetime and bandgap narrowing due to heavy doping effects (HDE) have been suggested to explain these results. Experimental determinations of the properties of the diffused layer are required to assess which of these mechanisms predominate. While direct measurement is difficult, an indirect measurement methodology exists by which the lifetime or transit time in the diffused layer can be obtained. Nine p-type, 1×2 cm, 〈111〉 orientation silicon wafers were phosphorus diffused at 880°C for 45 minutes using P0Cl₃. Open-circuit voltages of 595-612 mV, typical of all 0.1 ohm-cm cell voltages, were obtained. From the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current, the diffusion controlled I₀ was obtained. In addition to illuminated I-V characteristics, the time constants from the Open-Circuit Voltage Decay method, and the minority carrier diffusion lengths in the base region were measured. The base region charge was determined using the base region diffusion length measured by an X-ray method. The data from these experiments combined with simple theory can imply the minority carrier time constant and the excess charge in the diffused layer. From this, certain conclusions are drawn about the relative roles of bandgap shrinkage and recombination rates in the diffused layer.     

GaAs同质结、异质结和异质面的光伏谱研究

采用我们自己建立的微机控制光伏谱自动测量系统,测量了 P-Al_(0.35)Ga_(0.65)As/n-GaAs 异质结在不同温度下的光伏谱和 p-GaAs/n-GaAs 同质结、P-Al-GaAs/p-GaAs/n-GaAs 异质面在室温下的光伏谱,并进行比较分析。采用改进的阻尼最小二乘法对实验数据进行拟合计算,求出少子扩散长度、结深、表面复合速度和界面复合速度等重要参数。     

开管扩锌InP的液结光伏谱和少子扩散长度

用电化学液结方法测量了在４７０℃于氢气氛下开管扩锌ＩｎＰ样品的载流子浓度分布、不同深度的光伏谱和少于扩散长度。结果表明：在扩散区形成浓度为１０１７～１０１８ｃｍ－３较平坦的空穴分布；少于扩散长度由衬底的８～１０μｍ降至表面的０．２９μｍ以下；若轻微腐蚀去严重损伤的样品表层，将较大地提高新表层的少子扩散长度。     

High efficiency polycrystalline silicon solar cells by continuous plasma deposition and laser recrystallization

Solar cells of up to 12% efficiency have been fabricated on laser recrystallized fine grain polycrystalline silicon films produced by high pressure plasma (hpp) aided hydrogen reduction of trichlorosilane. The hpp system was operated in a continual mode to produce microcrystalline silicon films continually using finite size temporary molybdenum substrates. The major improvement over previous devices of this type is in the elimination of oxygen contamination during laser recrystallization. This resulted in a reduction in the dark excess junction current and improvement in minority carrier diffusion length. The devices are found to be diffusion limited, with diffusion current coefficients in the range of 3 × 10^-12to 5 × 10^-12A/cm²when the base resistivity was 0.4 to 0.5 Ω-cm p-type.     

偏压量子效率测试在薄膜太阳能电池特性分析中的应用

薄膜太阳能电池在不同偏压下的量子效率(QE)会呈现非常不一样的结果.对不同波长范围内偏压量子效率的分析可以研究薄膜太阳能电池窗口层区域杂质补偿情况、主结势垒高低、背势垒高度等,还可以得出耗尽区宽度以及少子扩散长度等重要参数.通过实验测量与理论分析,给出了薄膜太阳能电池耗尽区宽度(W)和少子扩散长度(Ln)与偏压量子效率的关系,提出了一种新的拟合耗尽区宽度(W)和少子扩散长度(Ln)的方法,探讨了偏压量子效率测试在薄膜太阳能电池特性分析中的应用.     

Si基HgCdTe变面积光伏探测器的变温特性研究

通过变面积Si基HgCdTe器件变温I-V测试和暗电流特性拟合分析,研究了不同偏压下n-on-p型Si基HgCdTe光伏器件的暗电流成分与Si基HgCdTe材料少子扩散长度和少子寿命随温度的变化规律.在液氮温度下,随着反向偏压的增大器件的表面漏电流在暗电流中所占比重逐渐增加.在零偏压下,当温度低于200 K时材料的少子...     

Response Time Measurements in Short-Wave Infrared HgCdTe e-APDs

The impulse response time has been measured as a function of reverse bias, gain, and temperature in backside-illuminated short-wave infrared HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes (APDs) with variable junction geometry. The APD geometry was altered using HgCdTe substrates of variable thickness and by variation of device fabrication parameters. This approach allowed study of the drift–diffusion dynamics of the electrons before entering the junction and the electron and hole dynamics during the junction transition in APDs with different carrier collection distances and junction widths. The response time was typically limited by a double exponential decay, which is attributed to contributions from the impedance mismatch between the interconnection circuit and the 50-Ω radiofrequency probe, and a delayed diffusion response from carriers generated far from the junction. These contributions limited the maximum bandwidth of the diodes to about 600 MHz, independently of gain and temperature. The hot carrier velocities are estimated by fitting the measured response with numerical calculations, taking into account contributions from a direct drift–multiplication response and a delayed diffusion response. This analysis shows that the hot carrier dynamics is close to independent of temperature and that the electron drift velocity saturates at the gain onset to a value of 1 × 10⁷ cm/s, decreasing upon a further increase of the electric field E to a value of about 3 × 10⁶ cm/s at E = 100 kV/cm. The hole velocity shows a slow variation from 3 × 10⁶ cm/s at low electric fields to 1.5 × 10⁶ cm/s at high electric fields.