RT Journal Article
T1 Electrodeposition of Bi films on H covered n-GaAs(111)B substrates
A1 Prados Díaz, Alicia
A1 Ranchal Sánchez, Rocío
AB We have investigated how the presence of an adsorbed hydrogen layer affects the nucleation and properties of Bi layers grown by dc electrodeposition at different overpotentials on n-GaAs(111)B substrates with a carrier concentration of 1.3.10^17 cm^-3 in darkness and at 300 K. The kinetics of Bi(III) ions reduction is controlled by the overpotential but also negatively affected by the adsorbed hydrogen layer, as deduced from the deconvolution of the current density transients recorded during the nucleation of the films. The surface morphology and the structural properties of the Bi films are correlated with the nucleation process and therefore, influenced by both the overpotential and the adsorbed hydrogen layer. At low overpotentials, porous and rough Bi films with a low crystal quality are obtained due to the low rate of proton and Bi(III) ion reduction. As the overpotentials raises, the rate of these reactions increase leading to flatter and more compact Bi films with a higher crystal quality. The electrical properties of the Bi/n-GaAs interface depend on the interfacial states whose origin is again the combined effect of the adsorbed hydrogen layer and growth overpotential. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PB Pergamon Elsevier Science
SN 0013-4686
YR 2019
FD 2019-05-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13356
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13356
LA eng
NO ©2019 Pergamon Elsevier ScienceThis work has been financially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO/FEDER) [project MAT2015-66888-C3-3-R]; Santander and Universidad Complutense de Madrid [project PR26/16-3B-2]. We would like to acknowledge the postdoctoral fellowship granted by Comunidad de Madrid and the European Union [PEJD-2016/IND-2233]. We also acknowledge the use of facilities of Instituto de Sistemas Opto-electronicos y Microtecnologia (ISOM).
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid/Banco de Santander
NO Comunidad de Madrid/ FEDER
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 abr 2025