Germanium-based nanostructures have attracted increasing attention due to favourable
electrical and optical properties, which are tunable on the nanoscale. High densities of …

Mesoporous crystalline germanium was fabricated by bipolar electrochemical etching of Ge
wafer in HF-based electrolyte. It yields uniform mesoporous germanium layers composed of …

A series of hexagonal mesoporous germanium semiconductors with tunable wall thickness
is reported. These nanostructures possess uniform pores of 3.1− 3.2 nm, wall thicknesses …

Mesoporous germanium (MP-Ge) has been predicted to play an important role in a wide
range of potential applications. These porous Ge networks are characterized by physical …

The blending of mesoporosity with the properties of semiconductors promises new types of
multifunctional nanomaterials. It would be particularly interesting to combine the shape …

Advanced energy storage systems are one of the essential pillars for accelerating
development of the cutting-edge technologies, including Internet of things and grid energy …

In the present article we report enhanced light absorption, tunable size-dependent blue shift,
and efficient electron–hole pairs generation in Ge nanoporous films (np-Ge) grown on Si …

Despite the rapidly growing interest in Ge for ultrascaled classical transistors and innovative
quantum devices, the field of Ge nanoelectronics is still in its infancy. One major hurdle has …

Due to the large surface specific area, tunable porosity and refractive index, porous
germanium (Ge) has wide applications in optoelectronics, photovoltaics, anode materials in …

Thermal conductivity value of sponge-like meso-porous germanium (meso-PGe) layers
measured by means of photoacoustic technique is reported. The room temperature thermal …