Funct. Mater. 2013; 20 (2): 217-220.
Photovoltaic effect in p–SiC/p–Si heterojunction
Institute for Single Crystals, STC "Institute for Single Crystals", National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Lenin Ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine
The photovoltaic effect of isotype heterojunction with hole conductivity formed films of nanocrystallinep–21R–SiC, deposited on single-crystal substrate of p–Si, has been studied (heterojunction p–SiC/p–Si). The films were prepared by direct ion deposition. The features of the current-voltage and the photovoltaic characteristics of the heterostructure p–SiC/p–Si were explained by the effect of the potential barriers, caused by band offsets in the contact region, on the migration of charge carriers through the heterojunction.
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