Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. 2011. V. 14, N 2. P. 200-202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo14.02.200


Chemical-dynamic polishing of semiconductor materials based on Bi and Sb chalcogenides by using HNO 3 –HCl solutions
I.I. Pavlovich, Z.F. Tomashik, I.B. Stratiychuk, V.M. Tomashik, O.A. Savchuk, A.S. Kravtsova

V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 41, prospect Nauky, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine, Phone: 38 (044) 525-57-55, e-mail: tomashyk@isp.kiev.ua

Abstract. The chemical etching of Ві 2 Те 3 and n-(Bi 2 Te 3 ) 0.9 (Sb 2 Te 3 ) 0.05 (Sb 2 Se 3 ) 0.05 and p- (Bi 2 Te 3 ) 0.25 (Sb 2 Te 3 ) 0.72 (Sb 2 Se 3 ) 0.03 crystals of solid solutions with HNO 3 –HCl etchant compositions was investigated. The dependences of dissolution rate of these semiconductors on etchant composition, stirring, temperature and their shelf-time storage have been studied. It was shown that the process of dissolution of the investigated materials in the polishing solutions HNO 3 –HCl is limited by the diffusion stages.

Keywords: chemical etching, etchant, solid solutions, bismuth telluride, etching rate, chemical-dynamic polishing.

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