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Electrochemical etching of semiconductors, apart from many technical applications, provides an interesting experimental setup for self-organized structure formation capable e.g. of regular, diameter-modulated, and branching pores. The…
Electrochemical etching of semiconductors, beside technical applications, provides an interesting experimental setup for self-organized structure formation capable of regular, diameter-modulated, and branching pores. The underlying…
When Si is anodically oxidized in a fluoride containing electrolyte, an oxide layer is grown. Simultaneously, the layer is etched by the fluoride containing electrolyte. The resulting stationary state exhibits a negative slope of the…
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Porous silicon layers (PS) have been prepared in this work via Photoelectrochemical etching process (PEC) of n type silicon wafer of 0.8 ohm.cm resistivity in hydrofluoric (HF) acid of 24.5 precent concentration at different etching times…
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Porous silicon (PSi) layers has been prepared in this work via photoelectrochemical (PEC) etching process of an n type silicon wafers of two resistivities (3.5 ohm.cm and 0.02 ohm.cm) in hydrofluoric (HF) acid of 24.5 precent…
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