• DocumentCode
    1316974
  • Title

    Photoenhanced electrochemical etching for p-GaN

  • Author

    Yang, Jeon-Wook ; Kim, Byung-Mok ; Yoon, Chang-Joo ; Yang, Gye-Mo ; Lee, Hyung-Jae

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Semicond. Sci. & Technol., Chonbuk Nat. Univ., Chonju, South Korea
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    1/6/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    88
  • Lastpage
    90
  • Abstract
    An effective wet chemical etching method for p-GaN is proposed based on the surface band bending of the semiconductor. The metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) grown p-GaN was successfully etched by biasing the substrate below -3 V during photoenhanced electrochemical etching using KOH solution and Hg lamp illumination. The etch rate increased with increasing negative voltage and was as high as 2.1 μm/min at -10 V
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; MOCVD coatings; etching; gallium compounds; photoelectrochemistry; surface states; wide band gap semiconductors; -3 to -10 V; GaN; Hg lamp illumination; KOH; KOH solution; MOCVD growth; etch rate; negative voltage; p-GaN; photoenhanced electrochemical etching; substrate biasing; surface band bending; wet chemical etching method;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000036
  • Filename
    830540