The past few decades have witnessed growing research interest in develo** powerful
nanofabrication technologies for three-dimensional (3D) structures and devices to achieve …

Black silicon (BSi) represents a very active research area in renewable energy materials.
The rise of BSi as a focus of study for its fundamental properties and potentially lucrative …

Broadband metamaterials absorbers with high absorption, ultrathin thickness and easy
configurations are in great demand for many potential applications. In this paper, we first …

In the context of global water scarcity, water vapor available in air is a non-negligible
supplementary fresh water resource. Current and potential energetically passive procedures …

Reducing the reflection and improving the transmission or absorption of light from wide
angles of incidence in a broad wavelength range are crucial for enhancing the performance …

The evolution of silicon cryoetching is reported in this topical review, from its very first
introduction by a Japanese team to today's advanced technologies. The main advances in …

As a typical representative of micro/nano-textured silicon, black silicon has excellent light
absorption properties and is gradually surfacing as a substitute for standard silicon in …

Black Silicon nanostructures are fabricated by Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion
Etching (ICP-RIE) in a gas mixture of SF 6 and O 2 at non-cryogenic temperatures. The …

In semiconductor manufacturing, black silicon (bSi) has traditionally been considered as a
sign of unsuccessful etching. However, after more careful consideration, many of its …

During the past years, much research work has been focused on efficiently harvesting solar
energy with black silicon (b-Si). However, semiconductor Si can only utilize solar energy …