Electrical characterization of n-and b-doped amorphous carbon film from palmyra sugar

Structure of amorphous carbon can be composed of sp² (graphite), or sp³ (diamond), or a combination of both, depending on their fractions. Therefore, many researchers are exploring to use it as solar cell material. This research used the amorphous carbon of bio-product as a basic material in the form of palmyra sugar which was synthesized through the heating and doping process to produce n-type and p-type semiconductors. This research is aimed to analyze the effect of dopant and deposition time on electrical properties. The heating process was carried out at 250°C and the doping process was carried out by adding NH4OH for a-C:N and H3BO3 for a-C:B. The deposition process was carried out by the nano-spray method using a variety of deposition time on the ITO substrate. The result of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) showed that the film thickness was increased with the increase of deposition time. Besides that, the result of four-point probe (FPP) showed that the dopant can increase electrical conductivity, but the film thickness did not influence it. The obtained electrical conductivities were in the range of 5 10^-1-6 10^-1 S/cm. From further analysis, it can be concluded that electrical conductivity was still in the range of semiconducting material.