Journal
VACUUM
Volume 196, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2021.110779
Keywords
Amino acid; Foam-like GaN; Photo-electrochemical etching; Pore size regulation
Funding
- Basic Research Program of Jiangsu Province [BK20170427]
- Science and Technology Service Network Initiative (STS) [20675062]
- Chinese Academy of Science
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This study introduces the preparation of foamed GaN nanostructures using amino acid etchant in photoelectrochemical etching, showcasing successful control of pore size variation. The results demonstrate that amino acids with different molecular weights can effectively adjust the pore size of the nanostructures, with the highest photocurrent reaching 21 times greater than planar GaN, indicating great potential for photoelectric and optical devices.
Relative to ionic liquids, in addition to mild physical and chemical properties, and are environmentally friendly, amino acids possess a smaller molecular weight as well. Herein, we developed a foamed GaN (F-GaN) nano-structures with uniform appearance and smooth pore wall, which prepared by the photoelectrochemical etching (PECE) in amino acid etchant. The controlled adjustment of the average pore size from 27.33 nm to 56.41 nm was achieved by the change of R group, verifying the amino acids with different molecular weight can effectively adjust the pore size of the F-GaN. In addition, the highest pore density was estimated to 1.34 x 10(11) cm(-1), which reached a peak value in the field of GaN wet etching ever before. Importantly, the highest photocurrent of the as-obtained F-GaN was 21 times than the planar GaN, which demonstrated F-GaN nanostructures had great potential in the photoelectric and optical devices.
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