Influence of metal (M = Cd, In, and Sn) dopants on the properties of spin-coated WO3 thin films and fabrication of temperature-dependent heterojunction diodes
- Authors
- Raja, M.; Chandrasekaran, J.; Balaji, M.; Kathirvel, P.; Marnadu, R.
- Issue Date
- Mar-2020
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Sol-gel spin coating; Ideality factor; WO3 thin films; Heterojunction diodes
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v.93, no.3, pp.495 - 505
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 93
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 495
- End Page
- 505
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/81237
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10971-019-05207-9
- ISSN
- 0928-0707
- Abstract
- Metal-doped tungsten trioxide (M = Cd, In, and Sn:WO3) thin films were prepared using sol-gel spin-coating and their structural, optical, electrical properties were studied for the fabrication of p-n heterojunction diode. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed that Cd, In, and Sn dopants have a strong influence on the lattice parameters and defect factor without making any changes in the structure. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images reflect that the dopants have a strong impact on the surface morphologies of the WO3 thin film. The UV-visible analysis shows a high optical transmittance (similar to 82%) and variation in the bandgap was also obtained. The dc electrical conductivity (sigma(dc)) indicates that the band conduction mechanism is predominant in the pure and doped M:WO3 thin films. Current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of WO3/p-Si, Cd:WO3/p-Si, In:WO3/p-Si, and Sn:WO3/p-Si diodes were measured under dark and illumination conditions. In which, the Sn:WO3/p-Si diode exhibits better performance with good ideality factor (n = 2.6) and barrier height (CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EFB = 0.90) values for under illumination. Most importantly, the J-V-T characteristics of all the fabricated diodes were analyzed with different temperatures (303-423 K).
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