Abstract
Sol–gel spin coating technique was used to fabricate undoped and Cu doped NiO films. The effects of Cu doping on the optical properties of NiO films were investigated. The optical band gap value of the NiO films was decreased with increase in Cu doping level. The band gap values for 0.1at%, 0.2at%, 1.0at%, and 2.0at% Cu doped NiO films were 3.74eV, 3.69eV, 3.68eV, and 3.67eV, respectively. The junction and photoconducting properties of the Al/Cu–NiO/p-Si/Al device were studied that Ion/Ioff value of the Al/Cu–NiO/p-Si/Al device firstly increases with increase in Cu doping level up to 0.2% of Cu and then decreases with further increase in the Cu doping level. The transient photocurrent measurement indicated that photocurrent under illumination was higher than the dark current and transient photocurrent increases with increase in light intensity. The C–V characteristics of the diode were also investigated at different frequencies. The observed behavior of the diodes was explained on the basis of the interface states.
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