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A Properties of n-CdS/p-InP Heterojunction Diodes (n-CdS/P-InP 이종접합 다이오드 특성)

  • 송복식;문동찬;김선태
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1993.11a
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    • pp.60-63
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    • 1993
  • We have prepared n-CdS/p-InP hetero- junction solar cells by thermal evaporation. The efficiency under the optium conditions without the grid line contact was 7.3%, and the solar cell having glid line contact with SiO AR coating was the open circuit voltage of 0.71V, the short circuit voltage current density of 15mA/cm$^2$, the fill factor of 0.73, and the efficiency of 11.5%. As result of photoresponse in 400-1000nm wavelength the cutoff of n-CdS/p-InP solar at 500nm results from absorption by the CdS \"window\" and the cutoff at 930 nm result from absorption by the InP.

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Gate Field Alleviation by graded gate-doping in Normally-off p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN Hetrojunction FETs (상시불통형 p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN 이종접합 트랜지스터의 게이트막 농도 계조화 효과)

  • Cho, Seong-In;Kim, Hyungtak
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.1167-1171
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    • 2020
  • In this work, we proposed a graded gate-doping structure to alleviate an electric field in p-GaN gate layer in order to improve the reliability of normally-off GaN power devices. In a TCAD simulation by Silvaco Atlas, a distribution of the graded p-type doping concentration was optimized to have a threshold voltage and an output current characteristics as same as the reference device with a uniform p-type gate doping. The reduction of an maximum electric field in p-GaN gate layer was observed and it suggests that the gate reliability of p-GaN gate HFETs can be improved.

The Improvement in Properties of $SnO_2-Si $ Heterojunction Solar Cells ($SnO_2-Si $ 이중접합 태양전지의 특성개선)

  • 이#한;송정섭
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 1980
  • The Sn O2-Si Heterojunction sola cells are Prepared by vacuum deposition of SnO2 on N- and P-type Si - wafers arts the effects of annealing on the Solar cell characteiistics are presented. The existence of optimumannealins temperature for maximum open-circuit voltage and short - circuit current of the solar cell is observed. The optimum tomperature, when low resistivity (7- 2.3 [$\Omega$.cm]) P-and N-type Si -wafers are used, is 500 [$^{\circ}C$] End 400 [$^{\circ}C$] when high resistivity[41-58 [$\Omega$.cm]) P-type Si-wafers are used.

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Operating AFORS HET Simulation for Optimize of HIT Cell (HIT Cell 최적화를 위한 AFORS HET 시뮬레이션 실행)

  • You, Ho-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.448-449
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    • 2008
  • HIT(Heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer) solar cell은 결정 실리콘 (c-Si)을 n-type으로 제작시 수율이 어렵고 결정 실리콘 (c-Si)을 p-type위에 제조하는 것이 보다 보편적인 방법이므로 베이스의 결정 실리콘에는 p-type을, 그 위에는 진성 층(intrinsic layer) 그리고 반투명 전극의 아래에 제조되는 비정질 실리콘 (a-Si)을 n-type으로 하여 베이스 층과 TCO 후면 층의 두께, 도핑 농도 (doping concentration)와의 관계를 확인하여 본다.

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Interface Study of the Intermediate Connectors in Tandem Organic Devices

  • Tang, Jian-Xin;Lee, Shuit-Tong
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.225-228
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    • 2009
  • We have demonstrated several effective intermediate connectors in tandem organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) using doped or nondoped organic p-n heterojunction. The influence of n-type or p-type organic layer in intermediate connectors on device performance has been investigated based on the understanding of interfacial electronic structures.

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Enhanced Photo Current in n-ZnO/p-Si Diode Via Embedded Ag Nanoparticles for the Solar Cell Application

  • Ko, Young-Uk;Yun, Ho-Jin;Jeong, Kwang-Seok;Kim, Yu-Mi;Yang, Seung-Dong;Kim, Seong-Hyeon;Kim, Jin-Sup;An, Jin-Un;Eom, Ki-Yun;Lee, Hi-Deok;Lee, Ga-Won
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2015
  • In this study, an n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction diode with embedded Ag nanoparticles was fabricated to investigate the possible improvement of light trapping via the surface plasmon resonance effect for solar cell applications. The Ag nanoparticles were fabricated by the physical sputtering method. The acquired current-voltage curves and optical absorption spectra demonstrated that the application of Ag nanoparticles in the n-ZnO/p-Si interface increased the photo current, particularly in specific wavelength regions. The results indicate that the enhancement of the photo current was caused by the surface plasmon resonance effect generated by the Ag nanoparticles. In addition, minority carrier lifetime measurements showed that the recombination losses caused by the Ag nanoparticles were negligible. These results suggest that the embedding of Ag nanoparticles is a powerful method to improve the performance of n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction solar cells.

The recombination velocity at III-V compound heterojunctions with applications to Al/$_x$/Ga/$_1-x$/As-GaAs/$_1-y$/Sb/$_y$/ solar cells

  • 김정순
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.53-63
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    • 1979
  • Interface recombination velocity in $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As-GaAs and $Al_{0.85}$, G $a_{0.15}$ As-GaA $s_{1-y}$S $b_{y}$ heterojunction systems is studied as a function of lattice mismatch. The results are applied to the design of highly efficient III-V heterojunction solar cells. A horizontal liquid-phase epitaxial growth system was used to prepare p-p-p and p-p-n $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As-GaA $s_{1-y}$S $b_{y}$-A $l_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As double heterojunction test samples with specified values of x and y. Samples were grown at each composition, with different GaAs and GaAs Sb layer thicknesses. A method was developed to obtain the lattice mismatch and lattice constants in mixed single crystals grown on (100) and (111)B oriented GaAs substrates. In the AlGaAs system, elastic lattice deformation with effective Poisson ratios .mu.$_{eff}$ (100=0.312 and .mu.$_{eff}$ (111B) =0.190 was observed. The lattice constant $a_{0}$ (A $l_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ As)=5.6532+0.0084x.angs. was obtained at 300K which is in good Agreement with Vegard's law. In the GaAsSb system, although elastic lattice deformation was observed in (111) B-oriented crystals, misfit dislocations reduced the Poisson ratio to zero in (100)-oriented samples. When $a_{0}$ (GaSb)=6.0959 .angs. was assumed at 300K, both (100) and (111)B oriented GaAsSb layers deviated only slightly from Vegard's law. Both (100) and (111)B zero-mismatch $Al_{0.85}$ G $a_{0.15}$As-GaA $s_{1-y}$S $b_{y}$ layers were grown from melts with a weight ratio of $W_{sb}$ / $W_{Ga}$ =0.13 and a growth temperature of 840 to 820 .deg.C. The corresponding Sb compositions were y=0.015 and 0.024 on (100) and (111)B orientations, respectively. This occurs because of a fortuitous in the Sb distribution coefficient with orientation. Interface recombination velocity was estimated from the dependence of the effective minority carrier lifetime on double-heterojunction spacing, using either optical phase-shift or electroluminescence timedecay techniques. The recombination velocity at a (100) interface was reduced from (2 to 3)*10$^{4}$ for y=0 to (6 to 7)*10$^{3}$ cm/sec for lattice-matched $Al_{0.85}$G $a_{0.15}$As-GaA $s_{0.985}$S $b_{0.015}$ Although this reduction is slightly less than that expected from the exponential relationship between interface recombination velocity and lattice mismatch as found in the AlGaAs-GaAs system, solar cells constructed from such a combination of materials should have an excellent spectral response to photons with energies over the full range from 1.4 to 2.6 eV. Similar measurements on a (111) B oriented lattice-matched heterojunction produced some-what larger interface recombination velocities.ities.ities.s.

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Interface Study of the Intermediate Connectors in Tandem Organic Devices

  • Tang, Jian-Xin;Fung, Man-Keung;Lee, Chun-Sing;Lee, Shuit-Tong
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2010
  • The intermediate connectors play crucial roles in the performance of tandem organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) because they are required to facilitate charge carrier transport and to guarantee transparency for light transmission and deposition compatibility. Understanding the physical properties of the intermediate connector is not only fundamentally important but is also crucial to developing high-efficiency organic devices with a tandem structure. In this study, several effective intermediate connectors in tandem OLEDs using a doped or non-doped organic p-n heterojunction were systematically investigated by studying their interfacial electronic structures and corresponding device characteristics. The working mechanisms of the intermediate connectors are discussed herein by referring to their relevant energy levels with respect to those of the neighboring organic layers. The factors affecting the operation of the intermediate connectors in tandem OLEDs, as demonstrated herein, provide guidance for the identification of new materials and device architectures for high-performance devices.

Relation Between Defect State and Negative Ultra-Violet Photoresponse from n-ZnO/p-Si Heterojunction Diode

  • Jo, Seong-Guk;Nam, Chang-U;Kim, Eun-Gyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.08a
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    • pp.191.2-191.2
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    • 2013
  • The negative photoconductivity was frequently observed in some semiconductors. It was known that the origin of the negative photoresponse from ZnO is molecular chemisorption or the charging effect of nanoparticles in bulk matrix. However, the origin of the negative photoresponse of thin film was not still clear. One of possible explanation is due to the deep level trap scheme, which describes the origin of the negative photoresponse via defect state under illumination of light. However, the defect states below Fermi level have high capture rate by Coulomb effect, so that these states are usually filled by electrons if the defect states have donor-like character. Therefore the condition which the defect states located in below Fermi level should be partially filled by electrons make more difficult to understand of mechanism of the negative photoresponse. In this study, n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction diodes were fabricated by UHV RF magnetron sputter. Then, some diodes show the negative photoresponse under ultra-violet light illumination. The defect state of the ZnO was analyzed by photoluminescence and deep level transient spectroscopy. To interpret the negative photoconductivity, band diagram was simulated by using SCAPS program.

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Electrical properties of n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction photovoltaic devices

  • Kang, Ji Hoon;Lee, Kyoung Su;Kim, Eun Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.306.1-306.1
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    • 2016
  • ZnO semiconductor material has been widely utilized in various applications in semiconductor device technology owing to its unique electrical and optical features. It is a promising as solar cell material, because of its low cost, n-type conductivity and wide direct band gap. In this work ZnO/Si heterojunctions were fabricated by using pulsed laser deposition. Vacuum chamber was evacuated to a base pressure of approximately $2{\times}10^{-6}Torr$. ZnO thin films were grown on p-Si (100) substrate at oxygen partial pressure from 5mTorr to 40mTorr. Growth temperature of ZnO thin films was set to 773K. A pulsed (10 Hz) Nd:YAG laser operating at a wavelength of 266 nm was used to produce a plasma plume from an ablated a ZnO target, whose density of laser energy was $10J/cm^2$. Thickness of all the thin films of ZnO was about 300nm. The optical property was characterized by photoluminescence and crystallinity of ZnO was analyzed by X-ray diffraction. For fabrication ZnO/Si heterojunction diodes, indium metal and Al grid patterns were deposited on back and front side of the solar cells by using thermal evaporator, respectively. Finally, current-voltage characteristics of the ZnO/Si structure were studied by using Keithly 2600. Under Air Mass 1.5 Global solar simulator with an irradiation intensity of $100mW/cm^2$, the electrical properties of ZnO/Si heterojunction photovoltaic devices were analyzed.

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