Silicon, cilt.16, sa.5, ss.2315-2322, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
The capacitance/conductance-voltage-frequency (C/G-V-f) features of the Au/p-Si structures with (%0.5 Bi-doped ZnO) interlayer grown by spin-coating technique was investigated between 100 kHz and 1 MHz. The C−2-V curves that depend on frequency were used to determine the electrical-parameters like diffusion-potential (VD), Fermi-energy level (EF), barrier-height (ΦB), and depletion-layer (WD) thickness. The value of ΦB was found to increase with increasing frequency due to the decrease in surface-states (Nss) effects on the C-V characteristics. Voltage dependent series-resistance (Rs) was obtained by using Nicollian-Brews method for each frequency and it decreased with increasing frequency. Both the low-high frequency capacitance (CLF-CHF) and Hill-Coleman techniques were used to determine the voltage-dependent profile of Nss. While Nss decreases with increasing frequency, voltage-dependent on them give two distinctive peaks due to a special distribution of them at interlayer/semiconductor interface in the bandgap depending on their relaxation time. All these experimental results indicate that the existence of Rs, Nss, and interlayers considerably influence the impedance measurements.