Abstract
Silicon is the most commonly used semiconductor material for micro and nanodevices that can be build up on porous
silicon. Such devices has a different response for different type of the molecule bounded to the surface of silicon, i.e. polar,
positively or negatively charged molecules. As that others physical properties, e.g., luminescence properties, the surface of
PS has an essential role in low-frequency (diffusional regime) electrical properties. Impedance spectroscopy results show
that the behavior of the free pore surface is similar to EDL (Electrical Double Layer) of electrode-solvent interface; that is
cannot by considered as perfectly polarized because the motion of electric charge is possible. But the surface of pore can
be partially and selectively polarized. This paper brings information about the electrical behavior of the free surface of
porous silicon. Results were obtained from processing the experimental components of the impedance measured in ac
electric field on low frequency.
Keywords
Porous silicon, Electrical double layer, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
Citation
A. A. DAFINEI, ANA IOANID, A. S.DAFINEI, Low-frequency electrical properties of porous silicon, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 7, July 2009, pp.714-717 (2009).
Submitted at: June 15, 2009
Accepted at: July 20, 2009