Anodic oxidation of p- and p+-type porous silicon: surface structural transformations and oxide formation

Autor: M. Schoisswohl, H.J von Berdeleben, János Erostyák, A. Grosman, Eva Vazsonyi, G Jalsovszky, J. L. Cantin, S. Lebib, C. Ortega
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Thin Solid Films. 276:76-79
ISSN: 0040-6090
DOI: 10.1016/0040-6090(95)08088-0
Popis: The transformations induced by the anodic oxidation process on the pore structure and surface states of p-type and p+-type porous silicon have been studied by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, local vibrational mode and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Surprisingly the anodic oxidation does not lead to a significant formation of silicon oxide in p-type layers; the oxygen is mainly incorporated in silicon back-bonded configurations without perturbation of the initial H surface passivation. On the contrary, in p+-type samples, a uniform oxide layer of a thickness up to 45 A is formed from the very first stages of anodic oxidation. The influence and correlations between the surface structure and the PL efficiency are discussed.
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