[HTML][HTML] Metal-assisted chemical etching of silicon and nanotechnology applications

H Han, Z Huang, W Lee - Nano today, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Silicon nanostructures exhibit promising application potentials in many fields in comparison
with their bulk counterpart or other semiconductor nanostructures. Therefore, the exploiting …

Advances in silicon nanowire applications in energy generation, storage, sensing, and electronics: A review

S Raman, M Sindhuja - Nanotechnology, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Nanowire-based technological advancements thrive in various fields, including energy
generation and storage, sensors, and electronics. Among the identified nanowires, silicon …

Thermal transport in 3D nanostructures

H Zhan, Y Nie, Y Chen, JM Bell… - Advanced Functional …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
This work summarizes the recent progress on the thermal transport properties of 3D
nanostructures, with an emphasis on experimental results. Depending on the applications …

High thermoelectric figure-of-merits from large-area porous silicon nanowire arrays

T Zhang, S Wu, J Xu, R Zheng, G Cheng - Nano Energy, 2015‏ - Elsevier
High-density and large-area vertically aligned porous silicon nanowire arrays (SiNWAs) with
different morphologies, such as various lengths, porosities and heterogeneous diameters …

Materials and techniques for energy harvesting

ME Kiziroglou, EM Yeatman - Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Energy harvesting, the collection of small amounts of ambient energy to power wireless
devices, is a very promising technology for applications where batteries are impractical …

Quenched phonon drag in silicon nanowires reveals significant effect in the bulk at room temperature

J Sadhu, H Tian, J Ma, B Azeredo, J Kim… - Nano …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Existing theory and data cannot quantify the contribution of phonon drag to the Seebeck
coefficient (S) in semiconductors at room temperature. We show that this is possible through …

Thermoelectrical properties of silicon substrates with nanopores synthesized by metal-assisted chemical etching

Y Li, N Van Toan, Z Wang, KF Samat, T Ono - Nanotechnology, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
A silicon substrate consisting of nanoporous silicon film could enhance the thermoelectric
performance of bulk silicon due to its low thermal conductivity. Metal-assisted chemical …

Flexible Thermoelectric Generators Composed of n‐and p‐Type Silicon Nanowires Fabricated by Top‐Down Method

J Choi, K Cho, S Kim - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
This study demonstrates the fabrication and characterization of a flexible thermoelectric (TE)
power generator composed of silicon nanowires (SiNWs) fabricated by top‐down method …

Formation and evaluation of silicon substrate with highly-doped porous Si layers formed by metal-assisted chemical etching

Y Li, N Van Toan, Z Wang, KFB Samat, T Ono - Nanoscale research letters, 2021‏ - Springer
Porous silicon (Si) is a low thermal conductivity material, which has high potential for
thermoelectric devices. However, low output performance of porous Si hinders the …

Two-sided silicon nanowire array/bulk thermoelectric power generator

B Xu, W Khouri, K Fobelets - IEEE electron device letters, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To improve the output power of n-and p-type Si nanowire array (NWA)/bulk thermoelectric
power generators (TEGs) fabricated using metal assisted chemical etching, post-nanowire …