The structure of porous silicon revealed by electron microscopy

AG Cullis, LT Canham, OD Dosser - MRS Online Proceedings …, 1991 - cambridge.org
This detailed electron microscope study of porous silicon compares the different structures of
macro-, meso-and microporous material. Mesoporous silicon of high porosity (∼-80%) …

Microstructural characterization of photoluminescent porous silicon

JM Macaulay, FM Ross, PC Searson… - MRS Online …, 1991 - cambridge.org
We have used electron microscopy to examine the microstructure of porous silicon films over
a wide range of doping levels, and photoluminescence spectroscopy to study their optical …

Scanning probe microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy of porous silicon

GB Amisola, R Behrensmeier, JM Galligan… - Applied physics …, 1992 - pubs.aip.org
Atomic force microscope and scanning tunneling microscope images of photoluminescent
anodically etched porous silicon are presented and the development of the porous structure …

Spatial distribution of oxygen in luminescent porous silicon films

O Teschke - Applied physics letters, 1994 - pubs.aip.org
Recent studies have shown that an electrochemical etch of silicon produces a microporous
material that photoluminesces.'-3 This visible photoluminescence (PL) has been assigned to …

Visualization of nanostructured porous silicon by a combination of transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy

O Teschke - Applied physics letters, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
The observation of red‐, near‐infrared, and nonphotoluminescent porous silicon structures
both by transmission electron microscopy as well as by atomic force microscopy provides a …

Direct evidence for the amorphous silicon phase in visible photoluminescent porous silicon

JM Pérez, J Villalobos, P McNeill, J Prasad… - Applied physics …, 1992 - pubs.aip.org
We report on micro-Raman spectroscopy studies of porous silicon which show an
'amorphous silicon Raman line at 480 R cm-'from regions that emit visible …

Raman analysis of light‐emitting porous silicon

Z Sui, PP Leong, IP Herman, GS Higashi… - Applied physics …, 1992 - pubs.aip.org
Porous silicon that strongly emits in the visible was analyzed using Raman scattering. The
spectrum peaks near 508 cm~', has a width of-40 cm I~', and is very asymmetric. Using a …

The luminescence mechanism of porous silicon

PDJ Calcott, KJ Nash, LT Canham, MJ Kane… - MRS Online …, 1992 - cambridge.org
We report resonantly excited photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy of highly porous silicon.
In the PL spectra we observe satellite structure due to the participation of momentum …

Near IR and visible photoluminescence studies of porous silicon

CH Perry, F Lu, F Namavar, NM Kalkhoran… - MRS Online …, 1991 - cambridge.org
We report photoluminescence emission and photoluminescence excitation studies of porous
silicon obtained from p-type Si (111) wafers over the range of 0.9–13.0 eV (∼ 400–1400 …

Light-emitting porous silicon

U Gösele, V Lehmann - Materials chemistry and physics, 1995 - Elsevier
Although porous silicon has been known for more than 35 years, only in 1990 was it
recognized that porous silicon shows an increased bandgap and efficient room-temperature …