• DocumentCode
    3553721
  • Title

    Growth of potassium tantalate dielectric crystals and their application as photovoltaic UV detectors

  • Author

    Maciolek, R.B. ; Liu, S.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Honeywell Corporate Research Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
  • Volume
    19
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    1973
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    98
  • Abstract
    Large single crystals ( .5 \\times .5 \\times 4 cm) of KTaO3have been grown by the Czochralski method. The growth parameters and electrical properties have been investigated. Crystals were grown either highly insulating ( > 10^{14}\\Omega ) or semiconducting n-type depending upon growth conditions. Photovoltaic cells were made by contacting the KTaO3with either evaporated thin metal films or silver paint. The ultraviolet (UV) responsivity and detectivity of an a.c. photovoltaic cell using KTaO3has been measured. Under no-bias conditions the responsibity was 7.0 \\times 10^{6} V/W and the detectivity, Dλ*, was \\sim 10^{12} cm Hz1/2/W at 3000Å measured a t 20 Hz. Other properties are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    Contacts; Crystals; Detectors; Dielectrics; Insulation; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Semiconductivity; Semiconductor films; Solar power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1973 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1973.188657
  • Filename
    1477534