Evapotranspiration is an important component of the hydrological cycle and a critical factor in making modern agricultural decisions, such as irrigation scheduling. It is the total amount of water lost from a given area to the atmosphere due to the combined processes of evaporation and transpiration. Given the rising demands of food production and global concerns about water conservation, farmers and agricultural planners must understand the importance of the evapotranspiration process and its role in estimating irrigation water requirements and scheduling irrigation.
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This work presents metal-semiconductor contact analysis for silicon nanowire (SiNW)-based printable devices using technical computer-aided design (TCAD) simulation to enhance the theoretical understanding of such additively fabricable electronic devices for application in the area of sensing and flexible electronics. Two different device configurations are analyzed here, revealing specific electrical properties. The first configuration is a single silicon-nanowire-based device with a metal overlap that discusses the device parameters to obtain an Ohmic contact behavior using printed microresistors. The second device configuration is a single silicon-nanowire-based device that exhibits Schottky behavior and is suitable for sensor applications. The third device configuration exhibits a combined Schottky behavior and negative differential resistance effect, indicating the optimized conditions to fabricate self-sustained energy-efficient devices. In the last phase, Schottky diode parametric extraction is carried out, which suggests the applicability of the thermionic emission-based current model.
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