Title
Electronic structure of indium-tungsten-oxide alloys and their energy band alignment at the heterojunction to crystalline silicon
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Institute of Silicon Photovoltaics
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics Inc.
Abstract
The electronic structure of thermally co-evaporated indium-tungsten-oxide films is investigated. The stoichiometry is varied from pure tungsten oxide to pure indium oxide, and the band alignment at the indium-tungsten-oxide/crystalline silicon heterointerface is monitored. Using in-system photoelectron spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, and surface photovoltage measurements, we show that the work function of indium-tungsten-oxide continuously decreases from 6.3 eV for tungsten oxide to 4.3 eV for indium oxide, with a concomitant decrease in the band bending at the hetero interface to crystalline silicon than indium oxide.
Volume
112
Issue
1
Number
011602
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85041410216
Source
Applied Physics Letters
ISSN of the container
00036951
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to thank Thomas Lußky for vacuum system maintenance, Kerstin Jacob for wafer cleaning, and Daniel Meza for the deposition of thick layers on glass. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 727523 (NextBase).
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme - 727523 -H2020
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