Author:
Gan Runjin,Liu Fengmin,Qi Li,Wang Jizheng
Abstract
Gd-doped amorphous silicon films have been prepared by the electron beam evaporation technique, employing the experimental methods of dc conductivity temperature properties, ESR (electron spin resonance) spectra, and optical band gap Eopt measurements. We have investigated the optical and electrical properties of the films. The results show that at 290 K < T < 330 K, hopping conduction in Gd impurity states near Fermi level is predominant, and at 330 K < T < 500 K extended state conduction dominates due to electrons exited from the impurity states. At a Gd concentration of about 1.0 at.% spin density Ns, peak-peak width ΔBpp and line-shape factor l of ESR spectra change their dependence on Gd contents. The optical gap of the films narrows with increasing Gd contents in the films from 1.68 eV to 0.42 eV. The results were explained on the basis of the partial compensation of Gd atoms for dangling bonds .
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
Cited by
2 articles.
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