indium phosphide

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| OtherNames = Indium(III) phosphide

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| InChI = 1/In.P/rInP/c1-2

| SMILES1 = [In+3].[P-3]

| SMILES2 = [In]#P

| InChIKey = GPXJNWSHGFTCBW-HIYQQWJCAF

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| StdInChI = 1S/In.P

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| CASNo = 22398-80-7

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Formula = InP

| MolarMass = 145.792 g/mol

| Appearance = black cubic crystals

| Density = 4.81 g/cm3, solid

| MeltingPtC = 1062

| MeltingPt_ref = Haynes, p. 4.66

| BoilingPtC =

| SolubleOther = slightly soluble in acids

| BandGap = 1.344 eV (300 K; direct)

| ElectronMobility = 5400 cm2/(V·s) (300 K)

| ThermalConductivity = 0.68 W/(cm·K) (300 K)

| RefractIndex = 3.1 (infrared);
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|Section3={{Chembox Structure

| Coordination = Tetrahedral

| CrystalStruct = Zinc blende

| LattConst_a = 5.8687 Å {{cite web|title=Basic Parameters of InP|url=http://www.ioffe.ru/SVA/NSM/Semicond/InP/basic.html|publisher=Ioffe Institute, Russia}}

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|Section4={{Chembox Thermochemistry

| Thermochemistry_ref = Haynes, p. 5.23

| DeltaHf = −88.7 kJ/mol

| DeltaGf = −77.0 kJ/mol

| Entropy = 59.8 J/(mol·K)

| HeatCapacity = 45.4 J/(mol·K)

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| ExternalSDS = [https://web.archive.org/web/20061111080639/http://www.espimetals.com/msds's/indiumphosphide.pdf External MSDS]

| MainHazards = Toxic, hydrolysis to phosphine

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| OtherAnions = Indium nitride
Indium arsenide
Indium antimonide

| OtherCations = Aluminium phosphide
Gallium phosphide

| OtherCompounds = Indium gallium phosphide
Aluminium gallium indium phosphide
Gallium indium arsenide antimonide phosphide

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Indium phosphide (InP) is a binary semiconductor composed of indium and phosphorus. It has a face-centered cubic ("zincblende") crystal structure, identical to that of GaAs and most of the III-V semiconductors.

Manufacturing

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Indium phosphide can be prepared from the reaction of white phosphorus and indium iodide at 400 °C.,[http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/f?./temp/~roYeK3:3:FULL Indium Phosphide at HSDB]. U.S. National Institute of Health also by direct combination of the purified elements at high temperature and pressure, or by thermal decomposition of a mixture of a trialkyl indium compound and phosphine.[https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/indium_phosphide#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing InP manufacture]. U.S. National Institute of Health

Applications

The application fields of InP splits up into three main areas. It is used as the basis for optoelectronic components,{{Cite web|title=Optoelectronic devices and components – Latest research and news {{!}} Nature|url=https://www.nature.com/subjects/optoelectronic-devices-and-components|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.nature.com}} high-speed electronics,{{Cite web|title=High Speed Electronics|url=https://www.semiconductoronline.com/doc/high-speed-electronics-0001|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.semiconductoronline.com}} and photovoltaics{{Cite web|title=Photovoltaics|url=https://www.seia.org/initiatives/photovoltaics|access-date=2022-02-22|website=SEIA}}

=High-speed optoelectronics=

InP is used as a substrate for epitaxial optoelectronic devices based other semiconductors, such as indium gallium arsenide. The devices include pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistors that could operate at 604 GHz.[http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=2888 Indium Phosphide and Indium Gallium Arsenide Help Break 600 Gigahertz Speed Barrier]. Azom. April 2005

InP itself has a direct bandgap, making it useful for optoelectronics devices like laser diodes and photonic integrated circuits for the optical telecommunications industry, to enable wavelength-division multiplexing applications.[http://www.redherring.com/Home/4817 The Light Brigade] appeared in Red Herring in 2002. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607095835/http://www.redherring.com/Home/4817 |date=June 7, 2011 }} It is used in high-power and high-frequency electronics because of its superior electron velocity with respect to the more common semiconductors silicon and gallium arsenide.

= Optical Communications =

InP is used in lasers, sensitive photodetectors and modulators in the wavelength window typically used for telecommunications, i.e., 1550 nm wavelengths, as it is a direct bandgap III-V compound semiconductor material. The wavelength between about 1510 nm and 1600 nm has the lowest attenuation available on optical fibre (about 0.2 dB/km).{{Cite journal |last1=D’Agostino |first1=Domenico |last2=Carnicella |first2=Giuseppe |last3=Ciminelli |first3=Caterina |last4=Thijs |first4=Peter |last5=Veldhoven |first5=Petrus J. |last6=Ambrosius |first6=Huub |last7=Smit |first7=Meint |date=2015-09-21 |title=Low-loss passive waveguides in a generic InP foundry process via local diffusion of zinc|journal=Optics Express |volume=23 |issue=19 |pages=25143–25157 |doi=10.1364/OE.23.025143 |pmid=26406713 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2015OExpr..2325143D }} Further, O-band and C-band wavelengths supported by InP facilitate single-mode operation, reducing effects of intermodal dispersion.

=Photovoltaics and optical sensing=

InP can be used in photonic integrated circuits that can generate, amplify, control and detect laser light.{{Cite book |last=Osgood |first=Richard Jr. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1252762727 |title=Principles of photonic integrated circuits : materials, device physics, guided wave design |date=2021 |others=Xiang Meng |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-030-65193-0 |oclc=1252762727}}

Optical sensing applications of InP include

  • Air pollution control by real-time detection of gases (CO, CO2, NOX [or NO + NO2], etc.).
  • Quick verification of traces of toxic substances in gases and liquids, including tap water, or surface contaminations.
  • Spectroscopy for non-destructive control of product, such as food. Researchers of Eindhoven University of Technology and MantiSpectra have already demonstrated the application of an integrated near-infrared spectral sensor for milk.{{Cite journal |last1=Hakkel |first1=Kaylee D. |last2=Petruzzella |first2=Maurangelo |last3=Ou |first3=Fang |last4=van Klinken |first4=Anne |last5=Pagliano |first5=Francesco |last6=Liu |first6=Tianran |last7=van Veldhoven |first7=Rene P. J. |last8=Fiore |first8=Andrea |date=2022-01-10 |title=Integrated near-infrared spectral sensing |journal=Nature Communications|volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=103 |doi=10.1038/s41467-021-27662-1 |pmc=8748443 |pmid=35013200|bibcode=2022NatCo..13..103H }} In addition, it has been proven that this technology can also be applied to plastics and illicit drugs.{{Cite journal |last1=Kranenburg |first1=Ruben F. |last2=Ou |first2=Fang |last3=Sevo |first3=Petar |last4=Petruzzella |first4=Maurangelo |last5=de Ridder |first5=Renee |last6=van Klinken |first6=Anne |last7=Hakkel |first7=Kaylee D. |last8=van Elst |first8=Don M. J. |last9=van Veldhoven |first9=René |last10=Pagliano |first10=Francesco |last11=van Asten |first11=Arian C. |last12=Fiore |first12=Andrea |date=2022-08-01 |title=On-site illicit-drug detection with an integrated near-infrared spectral sensor: A proof of concept |journal=Talanta |volume=245 |pages=123441 |doi=10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123441 |pmid=35405444 |s2cid=247986674 |doi-access=free }}

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