Analysis of Au/Si Schottky Barrier Type AC Surface Photovoltage in Si Wafer Surface Dipped into Au Aqueous Solution

Eri OMORI  Hirofumi SHIMIZU  Masanori IKEDA 

Publication
C - Abstracts of IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics (Japanese Edition)  Vol.J89-C  No.7  pp.492-498
Publication Date: 2006/07/01
Online ISSN: 1881-0217
Print ISSN: 1345-2827
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
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Keyword: 
Si wafer,  surface photovoltage,  Au,  Schottky barrier, 

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Summary: 
Au/Si Schottky barrier type AC surface photovoltage in n-type Si wafer was analyzed and barrier height was estimated to be 0.73-0.76 eV which is in good agreement with the previously reported value (0.79 eV). Schematic band diagram is proposed for Au/n-type Si wafers.