Browsing by Author "Pentia, E."

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Field-effect-assisted photoconductivity in PbS films deposited on silicon dioxide
    (American Institute of Physics, 2002-05-01) Pintilie, L.; Pentia, E.; Matei, I.; Pintilie, I.; Özbay, Ekmel
    Lead sulfide (PbS) thin films were deposited from a chemical bath onto SiO2/Si (n-type) substrates. Pseudo-metal-oxide-semiconductor devices were obtained by evaporating source and drain gold electrodes on a PbS surface and aluminum gate electrode on a Si substrate. Field-effect-assisted photoconductivity in the PbS layer was investigated at room temperature, in the 800-2700-nm-wavelength domain for different values and polarities of the drain and gate voltages. The best results were obtained for a positive gate, when both semiconductors are in depletion. An enhancement of about 25% of the photoconductive signal is obtained compared with the case when the gate electrode is absent or is not used. A simple model is proposed that explains the behavior of the dark current and photoconductive signal in PbS film with changing the gate voltage. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.