Exponential band tails in polycrystalline semiconductor films
- 15 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 31 (10), 6881-6883
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.31.6881
Abstract
We present measurements of the energy distribution of interface states at grain boundary areas in fine-grained silicon films. A dc method as well as ac-admittance spectroscopy reveals exponentially decaying band tails in the two-dimensional density of states within the band gap. The experimental results are in agreement with a model of potential fluctuations. This model explains the extrapolated band-edge values of the density of states as well as the ratio of the slopes of conduction- and valence-band tails.Keywords
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