Liquid metals: fundamentals and applications in chemistry

T Daeneke, K Khoshmanesh, N Mahmood… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Post-transition elements, together with zinc-group metals and their alloys belong to an
emerging class of materials with fascinating characteristics originating from their …

Understanding and Expanding the Prospects for Electrosynthesis with Liquid Metal Electrodes

H Wu, JP Hazelnis, S Maldonado - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus This Account describes and summarizes the latest work from our laboratory on
developing and maturing strategies based on low-temperature liquid metals as reaction …

Role of chemisorbing species in growth at liquid metal-electrolyte interfaces revealed by in situ X-ray scattering

A Sartori, RP Giri, H Fujii, SC Hövelmann… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid-liquid interfaces offer intriguing possibilities for nanomaterials growth. Here,
fundamental interface-related mechanisms that control the growth behavior in these systems …

Low-cost approaches to III–V semiconductor growth for photovoltaic applications

AL Greenaway, JW Boucher, SZ Oener… - ACS Energy …, 2017 - ACS Publications
III–V semiconductors form the most efficient single-and multijunction photovoltaics. Metal–
organic vapor-phase epitaxy, which uses toxic and pyrophoric gas-phase precursors, is the …

Electrochemical Formation of Pb Microwires with Tunable Morphology on Liquid Metal Electrodes

P Lertsathitphong, S Limpijumnong… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Liquid metal electrodes based on Ga are an emerging area of interest given their fluid
properties which can have significant impact on electrochemical processes. Here we study …

Electrodeposition of Pd Intermetallics using Hg-In by the Electrochemical Liquid-Liquid-Solid Method

H Wu, S Maldonado - Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrodeposition of Pd from alkaline baths containing Pd (CN) 2 and KCN with liquid metal
electrodes has been performed. Data are presented that Pd dissolved into and reacted with …

Electrodeposition of Ga-Sn thin liquid films from a deep eutectic solvent for CO2 reduction

Y Xu, M Wu, X Cheng, S Wang, D Wang… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2025 - Elsevier
Gallium-based liquid metals are considered as promising catalysts for electrochemical CO 2
reduction due to their ability to effectively prevent the adhesion of byproduct carbon, which …

Controlling nucleation and crystal growth of Ge in a liquid metal solvent

J DeMuth, E Fahrenkrug, S Maldonado - Crystal Growth & Design, 2016 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical liquid–liquid–solid (ec-LLS) deposition of crystalline germanium (Ge) in
a eutectic mixture of liquid gallium (Ga) and indium (In) was analyzed as a function of liquid …

Electrochemical liquid phase epitaxy (ec-LPE): a new methodology for the synthesis of crystalline group iv semiconductor epifilms

J Demuth, E Fahrenkrug, L Ma, T Shodiya… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Deposition of epitaxial germanium (Ge) thin films on silicon (Si) wafers has been achieved
over large areas with aqueous feedstock solutions using electrochemical liquid phase …

Benchtop Electrochemical Growth and Controlled Alloying of Polycrystalline InxGa1–xAs Thin Films

ZR Lindsey, M West, P Jacobson… - Crystal Growth & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Compared to Si, GaAs offers unique material advantages such as high carrier mobility and
energy conversion efficiency, making GaAs a leading competitor to replace Si on several …