Morphology and luminescence of photo-electrochemically synthesized porous silicon: Influence of varying current density
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https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v0n0.538Keywords:
Porous Si, Morphology, Photo-electro-chemical etching, Photoluminescence, Band gap.Abstract
Achieving high quality porous silicon (PSi) materials with desired porosity remains challenging. Three good qualities of PSi samples are prepared by Photo electro-chemically etching a piece of n-type Si inside the solution of 20 M HF, 10 M C2H5OH and 10 M H2O2 at fixed etching time duration (30 min) and varying current density (15 mA/cm2, 30 mA/cm2 and 45 mA/cm2). As-prepared sample morphologies are characterized via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The gravimetric method is used to estimate the thickness and porosity of the prepared samples. Current density (etching time) dependent morphologies, electronic bandgap and room temperature photoluminescence (PL) properties of such PSi nanostructures are evaluated. These PSi structures revealed enhanced rectifying characteristics with increasing current density.
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