A comparison of electrical characteristics of the Au/n-Si Schottky diodes with (ZnCdS:GO(1:1) and (ZnCdS:GO(1:0.5) doped PVP interlayer using current–voltage (I–V) and impedance–voltage (Z–V) measurements

A comparative study of the Au/n-Si (MS) and Au/(ZnO:CeO2:PVP)/n-Si (MPS) Schottky structures by using current/voltage characteristics in dark and under illumination

“…To improve the performance of these diodes and to increase their efficiency, scientists have been giving increasing attention to this field. For this purpose, recently, researchers have begun to use high-dielectric pure or metal (Ni, Zn, Co, graphene, nano-graphite (NG) and metal-oxide (MnO, ZnO, Al 2 O 3 , CeO 2 , RuO 2 , GO) -doped polymers instead of low-dielectric classical insulators between the metal and the semiconductor [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. However, the performance of these diodes depends on a multitude of parameters such as the dielectric permittivity and thickness of the interlayer, the shunt and series resistances (R sh , R s ) of the sample, the nature of the barrier at the M/S interface, the concentration of doping atoms, the ratio of metal or metal oxide into the polymer, the applied electric field, frequency, and temperature [12][13][14][15].…”

“…Polyvinyl-pyrrolidone (a.k.a polyvidone or PVP), (C 6 H 9 NO) n , which is a polymer that is highly soluble in both alcohol and water due to its sufficiently polar side groups, has good electro spinnability and can generate single fluid electrospinning. When compared to inorganics, both PVP and polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) are popular polymers in fiber production due to ease of application, low production cost, non-toxicity, environment friendliness, and high capacity of charge storage [4,7,8,[16][17][18]. Cerium-oxide (CeO 2 ) has also attracted many scientists, recently, due to its good mechanical strength, good electrical/optical performance, catalytic properties, large bandgap energy (∼3.19 eV), and the ability to increase its UV absorption by reducing crystallite size [3,19].…”