Transport mechanisms in porous silicon

A. K. Ray, M. F. Mabrook, A. V. Nabok, S. Brown
1998 Journal of Applied Physics  
The current transport mechanism through porous silicon ͑PS͒ films fabricated from 8 to 12 ⍀ cm p-type silicon (p-Si) substrates has been investigated using current-voltage I(V) measurements on metal/PS/p-Si/metal devices in the temperature range of 77-300 K. The characteristics for all devices show a rectifying behavior with ideality factor very close to unity. A value of 0.7 eV is obtained for the barrier height at the interface between PS and bulk p-Si at room temperature and the barrier
more » ... t is found to increase with rising temperature. A band model is proposed in order to explain the observed characteristics.
doi:10.1063/1.368476 fatcat:cfztjzwplvhulck2ks2p626f4a