We study the electronic properties of phosphorus doped Si nanocrystal/SiO2 superlattices and determine the carrier concentration by transient current analysis. This is achieved by encapsulating the multilayers between two electrical insulation layers and controlling the carrier mobility by a defined layer to layer separation. A saturation of the voltage dependent ionized carrier density is observed which indicates complete substitutional dopant ionization and allows to calculate the dopant induced charge carrier density. It is found that the doping efficiency of the superlattice is only 0.12% considering the full ionization regime which explains the unusual small dopant effect on transport characteristics.
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