No. 2 | Founded in 1994 | Moscow 2004 |
Propolis—silicium heterocontact
S. I. Drapak, V. B. Orletsky, Z. D. Kovalyuk
Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Chernivtsi department, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
V. D. Fotiy
Foton-Quartz Design & Production Ltd, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
For the first time the heterocontact between n-type conduction silicium and propolis (a product of bee activity) is prepared. It is shown that in this contact propolis behaves like to a semiconductor of p-type conducting. It is found that the investigated heterocontact has essential photosensitivity in the infrared spectral range. Perspectives for possible applications of the new kind of photodetectors are discussed.