Optical Properties of Black Silicon with Precipitated Silver and Gold Nanoparticles

• Authors: R. Jarimaviciute-Zvalioniene , I. Prosycevas , Z. Kaminskiene , S. Lapinskas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Black porous silicon is a new material with low light reflectance and high light absorbance values. Black porous silicon layers are especially useful and important in solar energy conversion. In this work black porous silicon plates were prepared by wet chemical metal-assisted method. Silver and gold nanoparticles were precipitated from colloidal silver nitrate and chloroauric acid solutions. Obtained black porous silicon samples with precipitated nanoparticles were investigated by scanning electron microscope combined with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer, ultraviolet and visible light spectrometer, the Fourier transformation infrared spectrometer. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis have revealed the presence of silver and gold nanoparticles on black porous silicon surface. Silver nanoparticles size varied from 30 to 100 nm, gold - from 20 to 70 nm. During UV-VIS analysis significant changes in reflectance of processed black porous silicon samples were obtained. Reflectance of black porous silicon samples was lower than 10%. The Fourier transform infrared analysis has revealed decrease in reflectance in far infrared region. Changes in the Fourier transform infrared spectra in "fingerprint" zone prove modification of the surface of black porous silicon layers after precipitation of metal nanoparticles.

Keywords

EN

78.20.-e; 78.67.Bf; 78.67.Rb

Discipline

• 78.67.Bf: Nanocrystals, nanoparticles, and nanoclusters
• 78.20.-e: Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films(for optical properties related to materials treatment, see 81.40.Tv; for optical materials, see 42.70-a; for optical properties of superconductors, see 74.25.Gz; for optical properties of rocks and minerals, see 91.60.Mk; for optical properties of specific thin films, see 78.66.-w)
• 78.67.Rb: Nanoporous materials

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 120
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 942-945

Dates

published

2011-11

Contributors

author

R. Jarimaviciute-Zvalioniene

• Institute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, Savanorių pr. 271, Kaunas, Lithuania

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I. Prosycevas

• Institute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, Savanorių pr. 271, Kaunas, Lithuania

author

Z. Kaminskiene

• Institute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, Savanorių pr. 271, Kaunas, Lithuania

author

S. Lapinskas

• Institute of Applied Research, Vilnius University, Sauletekio av. 10, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.120.942