Selective Etching of ZnхCd1-хTe Single Crystals

Selective etching is an express method to identify the defects of crystal structure of semiconductors. It reveals the dislocations density, type of conductivity, crystal’s orientation, inclusions/precipitates, twins. This article is the review of selective etching of ZnxCd1-xTe single crysrals. All informations has been generalized in the table. Qualitative and quantitative compositions of etchants and information about defect structure of Zn&lt;sub&gt;x&lt;/sub&gt;Cd&lt;sub&gt;1-x&lt;/sub&gt;Te after etchant treatment have been represented in the table. <br /><strong>Keywords</strong>: chemical etching, solid solutions, selective etching, etchant, etch pits.