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The barrier-height inhomogeneity in identically prepared Ni/n-type 6H-SiC Schottky diodes

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The effective barrier heights and ideality factors of identically fabricated Ni/n-type 6 H-SiC Schottky diodes (23 dots) have been calculated from their experimental forward bias current–voltage (I–V) and reverse bias capacitance–voltage (C–V) characteristics. A statistical study related to the experimental barrier heights (BHs) and ideality factors of the diodes has been made. The effective Schottky barrier heights (SBHs) and ideality factors obtained from the I–V and C–V characteristics have differed from diode to diode. The BHs obtained from the I–V characteristics varied from 0.85 to 1.03 eV, the ideality factors varied from 1.13 to 1.40 and the BHs from C-2–V characteristics varied from 1.10 to 1.70 eV. The experimental BH and ideality factor distributions obtained from the I–V characteristics are fitted by a Gaussian function, and their mean values are found to be 0.92±0.04 eV and 1.29±0.08 eV, respectively. The lateral homogeneous SBH value of 1.16 eV for the Ni/n-type 6H-SiC diodes has been calculated from a linear extrapolation of the effective barrier heights to nif=1.03.

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Duman, S., Dogan, S., Gürbulak, B. et al. The barrier-height inhomogeneity in identically prepared Ni/n-type 6H-SiC Schottky diodes. Appl. Phys. A 91, 337–340 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-4411-8

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