Microporous silicon as a light trapping layer for photodiodes

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作者
Zheng, JP [1 ]
Charbel, PT
Kwok, HS
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[1] Florida A&M Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
[2] Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
[3] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
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10.1149/1.1391142
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O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
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081704 ;
摘要
Porous silicon films with micropore structures were grown on the surface of silicon wafers by an anodization process. The microporous silicon film was found to be an excellent light trapping layer. It was demonstrated that a quantum efficiency of higher than 90% could be obtained with incident angles of 40, 80, and 58 degrees, and for s-, p-, and randomly polarized light, respectively. (C) 2000 The Electrochemical Society. S1099-0062(00)03-069-8. All rights reserved.
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