Fast growth synthesis of mesoporous germanium films by high frequency bipolar electrochemical etching

YA Bioud, A Boucherif, A Belarouci, E Paradis… - Electrochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mesoporous germanium (MP-Ge) has been predicted to play an important role in a wide
range of potential applications. These porous Ge networks are characterized by physical …

Anisotropic mesoporous germanium nanostructures by fast bipolar electrochemical etching

A Dupuy, MR Aziziyan, D Machon, R Arès… - Electrochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Mesoporous germanium has received lately a growing interest in many fields. However, the
lack of flexibility and knowledge concerning its electrochemical etching remains important. In …

Mesoporous Germanium formed by bipolar electrochemical etching

S Tutashkonko, A Boucherif, T Nychyporuk… - Electrochimica …, 2013 - Elsevier
The formation of mesoporous Ge layers with different morphologies by bipolar
electrochemical etching is reported for the first time. A detailed analysis of the effect of …

Mesoporous germanium formation by electrochemical etching

EG Rojas, H Plagwitz, B Terheiden… - Journal of The …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Uniform thick mesoporous germanium layers are reproducibly formed on 4 in. p-type Ge
wafers by electrochemical etching in highly concentrated HF electrolytes. Pore formation by …

Sintering and reorganization of electrochemically etched mesoporous germanium layers in various atmospheres

EG Rojas, J Hensen, C Baur, R Brendel - Solar energy materials and solar …, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigate sintering and reorganization of electrochemically etched mesoporous Ge
layers. Sintering in nitrogen, forming gas, or argon atmospheres always yields a reorganized …

Achieving porous germanium from both p-and n-type epitaxial Ge-on-Si via bipolar potentiostatic etching

Y Zhu, Y Zhang, B Li, GM Xia, RT Wen - Electrochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the large surface specific area, tunable porosity and refractive index, porous
germanium (Ge) has wide applications in optoelectronics, photovoltaics, anode materials in …

Mesoporous germanium morphology transformation for lift-off process and substrate re-use

A Boucherif, G Beaudin, V Aimez, R Ares - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The morphology of electrochemically formed mesoporous Ge double-layer and its
transformations during ultra-high-vacuum annealing at 600–700 C are investigated by …

Formation of mesoporous germanium double layers by electrochemical etching for layer transfer processes

EG Rojas, B Terheiden, H Plagwitz, J Hensen… - Electrochemistry …, 2010 - Elsevier
We produce uniform mesoporous single-and multilayers on 4in. p-type Ge wafers by means
of electrochemical etching in highly concentrated HF-based electrolytes. Pore formation by …

Large‐Scale Formation of Uniform Porous Ge Nanostructures with Tunable Physical Properties

T Hanuš, J Arias‐Zapata, B Ilahi… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Porous germanium (PGe) nanostructures attract a lot of attention for various emerging
applications due to their unique properties. Consequently, there is an increasing need for …

Tunable conductivity in mesoporous germanium

MN Beattie, YA Bioud, DG Hobson, A Boucherif… - …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Germanium-based nanostructures have attracted increasing attention due to favourable
electrical and optical properties, which are tunable on the nanoscale. High densities of …