• DocumentCode
    20998
  • Title

    Switchable Electric Field Induced Diode Effect in Nanostructured Porous Silicon

  • Author

    Marin, Olivier ; Urteaga, R. ; Comedi, D. ; Koropecki, R.R.

  • Author_Institution
    INTEC, Univ. Nac. del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    May-13
  • Firstpage
    590
  • Lastpage
    592
  • Abstract
    Unidirectional current flow (diode-like behavior) is observed in Al/Nanostructured Porous Silicon/Al structures (Al/SP/Al) after applying a forming electric field (E) for a long time. We found that rectifying characteristics depend on the direction of E. The forward direction coincides with the direction of E. The diode direction switches when E is inverted. The rectification factor passes from 200 to 26 from one direction to the other, the effect is reversible and can be repeated several times.
  • Keywords
    aluminium; electric field effects; nanoelectronics; nanostructured materials; porous semiconductors; rectification; semiconductor diodes; silicon; Al; Si; diode-like behavior; nanostructured porous silicon; rectification factor; rectifying characteristics; switchable electric field induced diode effect; unidirectional current flow; Metal/semiconductor interfaces; porous silicon (PS); switchable diode effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2013.2253754
  • Filename
    6502196