Sorption-Induced Conductivity Changes in Compound Semiconductors.
Abstract
Large changes in the equilibrium semiconductivity of thin compound semiconductors induced by chemisorption are investigated. Evaporated films and single crystals of CdS and single crystals of CdSe (both n-type) show a gradual reduction in semiconductivity coupled with an increase in activation energy with increasing oxygen pressure above a certain threshold. Evaporated CdS films are more sensitive to such changes at lower pressure as are the more highly compensated Cu and Au doped films. Oxygen chemisorption states of CdS and CdSe are distributed in energy in the semiconductor bandgap being largest at the conduction band edge and decreasing exponentially with energy into the gap. Atomically structured CdS single crystal surfaces, obtained by ion bombardment and vacuum annealing are insensitive to chemisorption. Thus, adsorption sites can be associated with surface impurities and/or imperfections. PbI2 (p-type) exhibits an increase in semiconductivity with oxygen pressure in accord with the models developed in the report. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0725177
Entities
People
- Peter Mark
- Suprasad Baidyaroy
Organizations
- Princeton University