CRYSTALLITE-SIZE-DEPENDENT CHARACTERISTICS OF POROUS SILICON

被引:10
作者
BHORASKAR, SV
BHAVE, T
RAILKAR, TA
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Poona, Pune
关键词
POROUS SILICON; CRYSTALLITE SIZE DEPENDENCE;
D O I
10.1007/BF02757898
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Porous silicon prepared with anodic currents of 5 to 30 mA/cm(2) are characterized for structural and electronic properties of surface using photoluminescence, grazing angle X-ray diffraction, photoconductivity, thermally stimulated exo electron emission and work function measurements. The observed results indicate that with increasing porosity the crystallite size decreases and the amount of silicon hydride and oxide-type species increases, exhibiting a tendency similar to that of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon. Free-standing powder of porous silicon, characterized by bright photoluminescence at 730 nm, showed crystallites of nanometre dimensions under the transmission electron microscope.
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