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 …

Electrodeposition with a long history has been considered one of the important synthesis
techniques for applying various applications. It is a feasible route for fabricating …

Silicon (Si) is a promising negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), but the
poor cycling stability hinders their practical application. Develo** favorable Si …

A low temperature molten salt process is developed to prepare crystalline Si nanoparticles
through the reduction of micro-sized high silicon zeolite by metallic Al (or Mg) in molten …

Solid electrode processes fall in the central focus of electrochemistry due to their broad-
based applications in electrochemical energy storage/conversion devices, sensors and …

Crystalline-silicon solar cells have dominated the photovoltaics market for the past several
decades. One of the long standing challenges is the large contribution of silicon wafer cost …

Although, in the carbon family, graphite is the most thermodynamically stable allotrope,
conversion of other carbon allotropes, even amorphous carbons, into graphite is extremely …

Silicon electrochemistry has the potential to advance sustainable energy solutions by
offering environmentally friendly and secure technologies that can contribute to the low …

1. INTRODUCTION Using electric current as a tool in metallurgy dates back to the early
years of the nineteenth century. Davy and Berzelius discovered alkali metals were able to be …

(PVs) installed on this planet, the largest value in recorded human history. 1 Simultaneously,
the total global power consumption surpassed 18 TW, 2 also the largest ever value to date …