Determination of the barrier height of Pt - Ir Schottky nano-contacts on Al-doped ZnO thin films by conductive Atomic Force Microscopy

L. J. Eduardo-River, Narcizo Muñoz-Aguirre, G. Juliana Gutiérrez-Paredes, P. A. Tamayo-Meza, Alejandro A. Zapata, L. Martínez-Pérez

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Abstract

By means of the I-V characteristics measured at room temperature, the height of the Schottky barrier established by the conductive Pt - Ir tip of an Atomic Force Microscope on the aluminum doped ZnO thin films were estimated in the range of 0:58 - 0:64 eV. The ideality factors were in the range of 2:11-1:39, respectively. These values are in accordance with those reported by other authors that measured the height of the Pt Schottky barrier on ZnO by means of several methods. The procedure detailed in this work suggests that the scanning time for obtaining I-V Schottky characteristics is of the order of 2 ms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)655-661
Number of pages7
JournalRevista Mexicana de Fisica
Volume64
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Conductive AFM
  • Electrical properties at nanoscale level
  • I-V Schottky characteristics
  • Pt Schottky nano-contact on ZnO thin films
  • Schottky barrier height

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