Electrochemical energy storage technology is of critical importance for portable electronics,
transportation and large‐scale energy storage systems. There is a growing demand for …

This article presents an overview of the essential aspects in the fabrication of silicon and
some silicon/germanium nanostructures by metal‐assisted chemical etching. First, the basic …

Silicon nanostructures exhibit promising application potentials in many fields in comparison
with their bulk counterpart or other semiconductor nanostructures. Therefore, the exploiting …

Metal‐assisted chemical etching (MacEtch) of silicon in oxidizing hydrofluoric acid (HF)
solutions has emerged as a prominent top‐down micro/nanofabrication approach for a wide …

Semiconductor nanowires are attracting intense interest as a promising material for solar
energy conversion for the new‐generation photovoltaic (PV) technology. In particular, silicon …

After more than 20 years of steady progress, lithium-ion batteries still exhibit modest energy
capacities that seem to have reached their asymptotic values with the present combination …

Metal assisted chemical etching (MacEtch) is a recently developed anisotropic wet etching
method that is capable of producing high aspect ratio semiconductor nanostructures from …

The recent rise of semiconductor nanowires opens new opportunities for realizing high
efficiency photovoltaic devices at low cost due to the unique one-dimensional structure with …

Metal-assisted etching of silicon in HF/H2O2/H2O solutions with Ag nanoparticles as catalyst
agents was investigated. SEM observations and etch rate measurements were carried out …

Silicon is of great interest for use as the anode material in lithium-ion batteries due to its high
capacity. However, certain properties of silicon, such as a large volume expansion during …