TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical properties of porous silicon surface
AU - Chambon, E.
AU - Florentin, E.
AU - Torchynska, T.
AU - González-Hernández, J.
AU - Vorobiev, Y.
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - The optical characteristics (transmission and reflection, absorption and scattering coefficients) of the Si nanowires obtained by electrochemical treatment of Si wafers were studied experimentally in spectral range 350-750 nm, using the different angles of incidence and measuring the angular distribution of the reflected (scattered) light. Theoretical treatment made on the basis of the Mie theory and some original modelling explains the characteristics determined and gives a simple method of estimation of refractive index of porous semiconductor layer created above the bulk specimen. The main conclusion is that the integrated light reflection from the P-Si surface is essentially smaller than the reflection from the bulk crystalline Si. Both theory and experiment show that the porous surface layer, although non-homogeneous and thus possessing the light scattering, acts as antireflection coating for Si, and could be used, in particular, in solar cells made from Si as well as from the other semiconducting materials.
AB - The optical characteristics (transmission and reflection, absorption and scattering coefficients) of the Si nanowires obtained by electrochemical treatment of Si wafers were studied experimentally in spectral range 350-750 nm, using the different angles of incidence and measuring the angular distribution of the reflected (scattered) light. Theoretical treatment made on the basis of the Mie theory and some original modelling explains the characteristics determined and gives a simple method of estimation of refractive index of porous semiconductor layer created above the bulk specimen. The main conclusion is that the integrated light reflection from the P-Si surface is essentially smaller than the reflection from the bulk crystalline Si. Both theory and experiment show that the porous surface layer, although non-homogeneous and thus possessing the light scattering, acts as antireflection coating for Si, and could be used, in particular, in solar cells made from Si as well as from the other semiconducting materials.
KW - Optical properties
KW - Porous silicon
KW - Reflection
KW - Scattering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33644601764&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mejo.2005.02.072
DO - 10.1016/j.mejo.2005.02.072
M3 - Artículo de la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:33644601764
SN - 0026-2692
VL - 36
SP - 514
EP - 517
JO - Microelectronics Journal
JF - Microelectronics Journal
IS - 3-6
ER -