Fabrication and electrical characterization of two component ZnCdO photodiodes

The molar ratio of ZnO:CdO has an important effect on the photo-induced charge activities of the composite/n-Si structures constructed. Thus, the relationship between the molar ratio of ZnO:CdO and the photo-induced charge generation was revealed in detail. The optical characteristics of thin films obtained by different molar ratio of two semiconductors were studied analytically by using absorbance, transmittance and reflectance measurements. The current-voltage (I-V), transient photocurrent (I-t) and transient photocapacitance (C-t) techniques were used to investigate the photoresponse properties of Al/ZnO:CdO/p-Si/Al diodes. The results reveal that the composites with 5/0, 4/1 and 3/2 molar ratio of ZnO:CdO display the photo-induced charge activity, the results further manifest that the electronic parameters of the diodes depend on the molar ratio of ZnO:CdO.