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High precision differential measurement of surface photovoltage transients on ultrathin CdS layers
Th Dittrich1, S Bönisch, P Zabel
1Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fur Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Time-resolved surface photovoltage (SPV) is an important method for studying charge separation, for example, in nanostructured semiconductors. High precision differential measurement of SPV transients was realized with two identical measurement capacitors and high-impedance buffers. In addition, logarithmic readout and averaging procedures were implemented for single transients over eight magnitudes in time. As a model system ultrathin CdS layers were investigated. The thickness dependencies of the SPV amplitudes and that of the dominating relaxation mechanisms are demonstrated and discussed.

