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Presently, impurity-compensated silicon (Si) has no clear potential applications due to high resistance and few carriers. Thus, it has received little attention from researchers. In this study, we find that impurity compensation can make localized state energy levels form in Si bandgap, which can improve the light absorption of Si in the near infrared region. In this work, in order to comprehensively and deeply understand the photoelectric properties of impurity-compensated Si, the localized state energy levels composed of P+/B– ions are constructed in Si bandgap through the co-doping of phosphorus (P) and boron (B), thereby forming impurity-compensated Si. The first-principles based on a density functional theory framework is used to study the photoelectric properties of the impurity-compensated Si (n/p-Sic) such as the density of states (DOS), dielectric function and refractive index. The DOS study reveals the following results: after the n- and p-Si with the same concentration of P and B (12.5%) are fully compensated for by impurities, the Fermi energy levels of their compensated counterparts are at the valley bottom formed by the two adjacent DOS peaks, and the DOS is not zero at the valley bottom. In the study of dielectric function and refractive index, it is found that when the doping ratio is CB/CP0 = 0.25, n-Sic has the largest dielectric function and refractive index in the low energy region. In addition, comparing intrinsic Si with its doped counterparts in the real part (Re) of their dielectric constant, the following regularity is found: in the high energy region of E > 4 eV, the Re values of the intrinsic Si, n/p-Si and p-Sic are negative. In the low energy region of 0.64 eV< E < 1.50 eV, the Re value of n-Sic is negative for the doping ratio of CB/CP0 = 0.25. The above comparison indicates that the n-Sic with CB/CP0 = 0.25 can achieve good metallicity in the low energy region, indicating that the electrons in valence band are easily excited by low-energy long-wavelength light. Theoretical studies show that the good photoelectric properties of n-Sic with CB/CP0 = 0.25 may be related to Si dangling bonds and localized state energy levels in Si bandgap. The Si dangling bonds are caused by the impurity compensation of B dopant for n-Si, leading part of Si-Si bonds to change into Si-B bonds. This study provides theoretical guidance for the application of impurity-compensated Si in the field of photodetectors such as CMOS image sensors and infrared photodetectors.
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Keywords:
- first-principles /
- density of states /
- impurity compensation /
- optical properties
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图 1 n-Si (a)和p-Si(b)及其杂质补偿模型 (c), (d)
Figure 1. Models of n-Si (a) and p-Si (b) and their impurity compensated counterparts (c), (d).
图 2 基于不同共掺杂浓度比的n-Sic态密度
Figure 2. Density of states (DOS) of n-Sic based on different co-doping concentration ratios.
图 3 基于不同共掺杂浓度比的p-Sic态密度
Figure 3. DOS of p-Sic based on different co-doping concentration ratios.
图 4 B/P掺杂对硅介电函数的影响
Figure 4. Effect of B/P doping on the dielectric function of silicon.
图 5 基于不同共掺杂浓度比的杂质补偿硅介电函数
Figure 5. Dielectric functions of impurity compensated Si based on different co-doping concentration ratios.
图 6 B/P掺杂对硅折射率和消光系数的影响
Figure 6. Effects of B/P doping on the refractive index and extinction coefficient of Si.
图 7 B/P掺杂对硅反射率的影响
Figure 7. Effects of B/P doping on the reflectivity of Si.
图 8 基于不同共掺杂浓度比的杂质补偿硅反射率
Figure 8. Reflectivity of impurity compensated Si based on different co-doping concentration ratios.
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[1] 萧宏著 (杨银堂, 段宝兴译) 2013 半导体制造技术导论 (北京: 电子工业出版社) 第428页
Xiao H (translated by Yang Y T, Duan B X) 2013 Introduction to Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (Beijing: Publishing House of Electronic Industry) p428
[2] Soref R 2006 IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 12 1678
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[4] Ge X, Chen D, Cui X Y, Ma H B, Li Y, Chen Y L 2022 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Integrated Circuits and Microsystems, Xi'an, China October 28–31, 2022 p24
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Hodges D A, Jackson H G, Saleh R A (translated by Jiang A P, Wang X A, Chen Z L) 2005 Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits: In Deep Submicron Technology (Beijing: Publishing House of Electronic Industry) p1
[6] 刘恩科, 朱秉升, 罗晋生 2008 半导体物理学 (第七版) (北京: 电子工业出版社) 第41页
Liu E K, Zhu B S, Luo J S 2008 The Physics of Semiconductors (7th Ed.) (Beijing: Publishing House of Electronic Industry) p41
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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