Macroporous silicon: efficient antireflective layer on crystalline silicon

A macroporous silicon layer (ma-PS) electrochemically grown on crystalline silicon surface can be used as an efficient antireflective layer in optical devices as antireflection coating. In this work, we presented the ma-PS layers fabricated on crystalline silicon (c-Si) n-type and p +-type, obtained...

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Autores: Fonthal Rico, Faruk, Torres Chavez, Ivaldo, Rodríguez, Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
Repositorio:RED: Repositorio Educativo Digital UAO
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:red.uao.edu.co:10614/11912
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10614/11912
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Porous Silicon
Crystalline silicon
Etching time
Electrochemical etching
Antireflective coating
Silicio poroso
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Sumario:A macroporous silicon layer (ma-PS) electrochemically grown on crystalline silicon surface can be used as an efficient antireflective layer in optical devices as antireflection coating. In this work, we presented the ma-PS layers fabricated on crystalline silicon (c-Si) n-type and p +-type, obtained by electrochemical etching. The morphology, porosity, thickness of ma-PS layer can be adjusted by controlling the electrochemical formation conditions. The optical behaviour of the antireflective coating over the solar spectrum is determined, resulting in very low values of the normalized reflectivity coefficient (below ~1%). The reflectivity measurements were evaluated at 45° in the different samples of the ma-PS/c-Si