Liquid-Assisted Vapor–Solid–Solid Silicon Nanowire Growth Mechanism Revealed by In Situ TEM When Using Cu–Sn Bimetallic Catalysts

E Ngo, W Wang, P Bulkin, I Florea… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report on a silicon nanowire growth method that is based on the use of a dual-phase
catalyst made of liquid Sn and solid Cu3Si, which results in a liquid-assisted VSS (LA-VSS) …

Evolution of Cu-In Catalyst Nanoparticles under Hydrogen Plasma Treatment and Silicon Nanowire Growth Conditions

W Wang, É Ngo, P Bulkin, Z Zhang, M Foldyna… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
We report silicon nanowire (SiNW) growth with a novel Cu-In bimetallic catalyst using a
plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method. We study the structure of …