Sensors (Apr 2021)

In and Al Schottky Contacts Comparison on P-Type Chlorine-Doped CdTe

  • Igor Vasylchenko,
  • Roman Grill,
  • Marián Betušiak,
  • Eduard Belas,
  • Petr Praus,
  • Pavel Moravec,
  • Pavel Höschl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s21082783
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 8
p. 2783

Abstract

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The performance of the CdTe radiation detectors heavily relies on the method of contact preparation. A convenient research method addressing this problem is the laser-induced transient current technique. In this paper, we compare the performance of two CdTe crystals which underwent different metallization processes. We showed that appropriately designed Au/Al contacts induce much less bulk polarization than commercial Pt/In electrodes under the same working conditions and can thus provide a convenient alternative to the industry standard. The comparison was based on the monitoring of the time-dependent sensor polarization measuring transient currents excited by above-bandgap laser illumination complemented by the Am 241 gamma spectroscopy. The theoretical analysis of current waveforms and radiation spectra enabled us to determine the charge carrier mobility, mobility-lifetime products of electrons and holes, and temporal and bias dependence of the space charge formation.

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