Article

Influence of surface wettability on the cathodic electroluminescence of porous silicon

D. N. GoryachevA. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. PetersburgO. M. SreseliA. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. PetersburgL. V. BelyakovA. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Technical Physics Lettersjournal1997en

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Abstract

It is shown that the wettability of porous silicon influences the efficiency of its cathodic electroluminescence in electrolytes. A model is proposed to explain the nature of the electroluminescence in a system consisting of porous silicon and an oxidizing electrolyte.

Topics

Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence Nanowire Synthesis and Applications Semiconductor materials and devices

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1134/1.1261609

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