Electrochemistry of Gold Deposition on n‐Si(100)
Electrochemistry of Gold Deposition on n‐Si(100)
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DOI:
10.1149/1.1393507
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发表时间:
2000-06
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
G. Oskam;P. Searson
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作者:
G. Oskam;P. Searson
The electrochemical deposition of gold on n-type silicon from KAu(CN) 2 solutions was investigated by performing a detailed study of the nucleation and growth kinetics. Deposition occurs by progressive nucleation and diffusion-limited growth of three-dimensional hemispherical islands over a wide range of potentials and KAu(CN) 2 concentrations. It is shown that for a silicon/gold electrode, the applied potential is dropped over the silicon/gold interface at potentials more positive than 0 V, while at potentials more negative than 0 V, the applied potential is dropped over the Helmholtz layer at the gold/solution interface. The influence of these observations on the applicability of nucleation models derived for metal-on-metal deposition to metal deposition onto semiconductors is discussed.