Abstract

An epitaxial heterojunction made of a p-type perovskite manganite La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 film and an n-type strontium titanate SrTiO3:Nb substrate has been fabricated by the pulsed laser deposition technique. The current–voltage (I–V) characteristics and photovoltaic properties are measured under UV light irradiation in a wide temperature range down to 10 K. It is found that the junction acts as an efficient UV photodiode with a large external quantum efficiency of 28%. It is also demonstrated that the manganite film can be doped with a certain amount of holes by photocarrier injection. The maximum surface hole density is estimated to be 3.0×1013 cm-2.

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