Optical Properties of Black Silicon with Precipitated Silver and Gold Nanoparticles
R. Jarimaviciute-Zvalionienea, I. Prosycevasa, Z. Kaminskienea, and S. Lapinskasb

aInstitute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, Savanorių pr. 271, Kaunas, Lithuania
bInstitute of Applied Research, Vilnius University, Sauletekio av. 10, Vilnius, Lithuania
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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.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.120.942
PACS numbers: 78.20.-e, 78,67 Bf, 78.67 Rb