High-frequency metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes for thermal radiation harvesting

Etor, David, Dodd, Linzi, Wood, David and Balocco, Claudio (2015) High-frequency metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes for thermal radiation harvesting. In: 2015 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz). IEEE. ISBN 978-1-4799-8272-1

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Abstract

The fabrication of low-cost metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes using a self-assembled monolayer as the insulating layer is presented. DC and AC analysis show that the diodes have excellent non-linear current voltage characteristics compared to those typically reported, with a zero-bias curvature coefficient ranging from 0.5 V-1 to 5.4 V-1, voltage responsivity of 1.9 kV/W at a frequency of 1 GHz. The process developed for fabricating these diodes is simple, cost effective, and can potentially be used in the roll-to-roll manufacturing of MIM diodes. Reliability tests performed on the fabricated OTS diodes shows that the OTS layer of the diodes remains unaffected by high temperature up to approximately 450 °C which is significant in thermal energy harvesting applications, where the diode may be exposed to high temperatures.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	H600 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2018 14:31
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2019 20:00
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34688

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