Photoconductive UV Detectors Based on ZnO Films Prepared by R.F. Magnetron Sputtering Method

Nguyen Viet Tuyen, Ta Dinh Canh, Nguyen Ngoc Long
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  • Nguyen Viet Tuyen Hanoi University of Science
  • Ta Dinh Canh
  • Nguyen Ngoc Long

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/20/1/2008

Keywords:

R.F. magnetron sputtering, ZnO thin film, Photoconductive UV detector, Ohmic contact, Photo-responsivity.

Abstract

Highly c-axis oriented zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited on glass substrates by radio frequency (r.f.) sputtering. The photoconductor UV detector based on ZnO films, having a metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) structure with interdigitation configuration, were fabricated by using aluminium (Al) as a contact metal. The characteristics of dark and photocurrent of the ultraviolet (UV) detector and the UV photo-response of the detector were investigated. The linear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics under both forward and reverse bias exhibit ohmic metal-semiconductor contacts. Under illumination by monochromatic light at a wavelength of 365~nm, the photo-generated current was measured to be 0.56 $\mu$A at a bias of 6 V. The photo-response decay in these devices is slow.

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Published

13-08-2012

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N. V. Tuyen, T. D. Canh and N. N. Long, Photoconductive UV Detectors Based on ZnO Films Prepared by R.F. Magnetron Sputtering Method, Comm. Phys. 20 (2012) 77. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/20/1/2008.

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Published 13-08-2012