ELECTRICAL BAND-GAP OF POROUS SILICON

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CHEN, ZL
LEE, TY
BOSMAN, G
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville
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10.1063/1.111237
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The electrical band gap of porous silicon is determined from measurements of the reverse bias current of homojunction pn porous silicon diodes versus temperature, resulting in a value of 2.2 eV. This value is in good agreement with the value of 1.97 eV obtained from photo- and electroluminescence experiments.
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