On the mechanism of porous silicon formation

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作者
Goryachev, DN [1 ]
Belyakov, LV [1 ]
Sreseli, OM [1 ]
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[1] Russian Acad Sci, AF Ioffe Physicotech Inst, St Petersburg 194021, Russia
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10.1134/1.1309429
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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A new qualitative mechanism of pore nucleation and initial stages of porous silicon (por-Si) growth was proposed. The emphasis was on the charge exchange between Si2+ ions generated by electrolytic or chemical oxidation of initial silicon (disproportionation reaction). The mechanism eliminates, to a large extent, the contradictions typical of earlier proposed schemes of por-Si growth; in particular, it explains the morphological features of por-Si produced under various experimental conditions. The impact of light in these processes was also considered. (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".
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