Measuring the Resistance of Metal-Semiconductor Contacts Produced by Drop Electrochemical Method

Author(s):  
V. Filippov ◽  
S. Mitsuk ◽  
S. Luzyanin
Author(s):  
A.M. Letsoalo ◽  
M.E. Lee ◽  
E.O. de Neijs

Semiconductor devices require metal contacts for efficient collection of electrical charge. The physics of these metal/semiconductor contacts assumes perfect, abrupt and continuous interfaces between the layers. However, in practice these layers are neither continuous nor abrupt due to poor nucleation conditions and the formation of interfacial layers. The effects of layer thickness, deposition rate and substrate stoichiometry have been previously reported. In this work we will compare the effects of a single deposition technique and multiple depositions on the morphology of indium layers grown on (100) CdTe substrates. The electrical characteristics and specific resistivities of the indium contacts were measured, and their relationships with indium layer morphologies were established.Semi-insulating (100) CdTe samples were cut from Bridgman grown single crystal ingots. The surface of the as-cut slices were mechanically polished using 5μm, 3μm, 1μm and 0,25μm diamond abrasive respectively. This was followed by two minutes immersion in a 5% bromine-methanol solution.


2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunming GAO ◽  
Jianxin SONG ◽  
Yeqin ZHANG ◽  
Xingmin GUO

CORROSION ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 025004-1-025004-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Han ◽  
Y. Jiang ◽  
B. Deng ◽  
L. Zhang ◽  
J. Gao ◽  
...  

Abstract A simple and rapid electrochemical method for the evaluation of crevice corrosion in duplex stainless steels (DSS) is described. Three types of DSS—namely, UNS S32101, UNS S31803, and UNS S32750—were tested in 1 mol/L sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions. Results showed good reproducibility with a typical standard deviation of below 3°C. The critical pitting temperature (CPT) for the same specimens was also investigated in 1 mol/L NaCl solutions. An approximately 20°C decrease from CPT to critical crevice temperature (CCT) was observed and subsequently explained. Then, the morphologies of crevice corrosion were studied using scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) method. The SEM/EDS study revealed that the ferrite phase was the site where preferential dissolution took place at the initiation step of crevice corrosion, which was in accordance with the prediction by calculating the critical crevice index. Moreover, repassivation was detected with the development of crevice corrosion. The reason was clarified by combining the results obtained with a successful diffusion model, and eventually the crevice corrosion progress was illustrated schematically.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 496-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaohui Zhang ◽  
Bailong Liu ◽  
Mei Wu ◽  
Longxin Sun

AbstractThe electrochemical behavior of gold dissolution in the Cu2+–NH3–S2O32−–EDTA solution has been investigated in detail by deriving and analyzing the Tafel polarization curve, as this method is currently widely implemented for the electrode corrosion analysis. The dissolution rate of gold in Cu2+–NH3–S2O32−–EDTA solution was determined based on the Tafel polarization curves, and the effects of various compound compositions in a Cu2+–NH3–S2O32−–EDTA mixture on the corrosion potential and corrosion current density were analyzed. The results showed that the corrosion potential and polarization resistance decreased, whereas the corrosion current density increased for certain concentrations of S2O32−–NH3–Cu2+ and EDTA, indicating that the dissolution rate of gold had changed. The reason for promoting the dissolution of gold is also discussed.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 11020-11025
Author(s):  
David Possetto ◽  
Luciana Fernández ◽  
Gabriela Marzari ◽  
Fernando Fungo

An electrochemical method to manipulate the size and density of electrodeposited polypyrrole structures at the micro-nanoscale by the discharge of hydrazine.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 4267
Author(s):  
Kuo-Hui Wu ◽  
Ryota Sakamoto ◽  
Hiroaki Maeda ◽  
Eunice Jia Han Phua ◽  
Hiroshi Nishihara

We developed an efficient and convenient electrochemical method to synthesize π-conjugated redox metal-complex linear polymer wires composed of azobenzene-bridged bis(terpyridine)metal (2-M, M = Fe, Ru) units covalently immobilized on glassy carbon (GC). Polymerization proceeds by electrochemical oxidation of bis(4′-(4-anilino)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine)metal (1-M) in a water–acetonitrile–HClO4 solution, affording ultralong wires up to 7400 mers (corresponding to ca. 15 μm). Both 2-Fe and 2-Ru undergo reversible redox reactions, and their redox behaviors indicate remarkably fast redox conduction. Anisotropic hetero-metal-complex polymer wires with Fe and Ru centers are constructed via stepwise electropolymerization. The cyclic voltammograms of two hetero-metal-complex polymer wires, GC/[2-Fe]–[2-Ru] (3) and GC/[2-Ru]–[2-Fe] (4), show irreversible redox reactions with opposite electron transfer characteristics, indicating redox diodelike behavior. In short, the present electrochemical method is useful to synthesize polymer wire arrays and to integrate functional molecules on carbon.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1096-1101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinxiu Zhao ◽  
Xiang Ren ◽  
Xu Sun ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Qin Wei ◽  
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