Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) has gained great interest for the preparation of vertically aligned silicon nanowires (SiNWs); however, the process mechanism has not yet been identified. In this study, the influence of doping elements on the formation rate of SiNWs prepared by silver-assisted chemical etching was investigated. Two n-type silicon substrates, bulk silicon and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) samples, containing different dopant concentrations (from 1011 to 1019atomscm-3) and species (phosphorous and arsenic), were considered. The SiNW formation rates increase with dopant concentration and are influenced by the dopant species. The use of SOI samples allowed highlighting the remarkable loss of the starting device layer in conventional process conditions, never previously observed; such occurrence limits the most achievable SiNW length. The study of the gas evolution both from bulk and SOI samples allowed for the first time the in situ H2 detection as well as to identify one definite overall process reaction.

Canevali, C., Alia, M., Fanciulli, M., Longo, M., Ruffo, R., Mari, C. (2015). Influence of doping elements on the formation rate of silicon nanowires by silver-assisted chemical etching. SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 280, 37-42 [10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.08.013].

Influence of doping elements on the formation rate of silicon nanowires by silver-assisted chemical etching

CANEVALI, CARMEN
Primo
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FANCIULLI, MARCO;RUFFO, RICCARDO
Penultimo
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MARI, CLAUDIO MARIA
Ultimo
2015

Abstract

Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) has gained great interest for the preparation of vertically aligned silicon nanowires (SiNWs); however, the process mechanism has not yet been identified. In this study, the influence of doping elements on the formation rate of SiNWs prepared by silver-assisted chemical etching was investigated. Two n-type silicon substrates, bulk silicon and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) samples, containing different dopant concentrations (from 1011 to 1019atomscm-3) and species (phosphorous and arsenic), were considered. The SiNW formation rates increase with dopant concentration and are influenced by the dopant species. The use of SOI samples allowed highlighting the remarkable loss of the starting device layer in conventional process conditions, never previously observed; such occurrence limits the most achievable SiNW length. The study of the gas evolution both from bulk and SOI samples allowed for the first time the in situ H2 detection as well as to identify one definite overall process reaction.
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metal-assisted chemical etching; silicon nanowires; formation rate; silicon-on-insulator.
English
2015
280
37
42
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Canevali, C., Alia, M., Fanciulli, M., Longo, M., Ruffo, R., Mari, C. (2015). Influence of doping elements on the formation rate of silicon nanowires by silver-assisted chemical etching. SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 280, 37-42 [10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.08.013].
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