Electrical properties of bi-implanted amorphous chalcogenide films

Fedorenko, YG and Hughes, MA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0877-5279 2015, 'Electrical properties of bi-implanted amorphous chalcogenide films' , Thin Solid Films, 589 , pp. 369-375.

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Abstract

The impact of Bi implantation on the conductivity and the thermopower of GeTe, Ge–Sb–Te, and Ga–La–S films is investigated. The enhanced conductivity appears to be notably sensitive to a dose of an implant. Incorporation of Bi in amorphous chalcogenide films at doses up to 1 × 10¹⁵ cm⁻² is seen not to change the majority carrier type and activation energy for the conduction process. Higher implantation doses may reverse the majority carrier type in the studied films. Electron conductivity was observed in GeTe films implanted with Bi at a dose of 2 × 10¹⁶ cm⁻². These studies indicate that native coordination defects present in amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors can be deactivated by means of ion implantation. A substantial density of implantation-induced traps in the studied films and their interfaces with silicon is inferred from analysis of the space-charge-limited current and capacitance-voltage characteristics taken on Au/amorphous chalcogenide/Si structures.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering
Journal or Publication Title:	Thin Solid Films
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0040-6090
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Depositing User:	Dr Mark Hughes
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2016 10:56
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2018 14:14
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/37963

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