Fabrication of black silicon via metal-assisted chemical etching—a review

MY Arafat, MA Islam, AWB Mahmood, F Abdullah… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) technique is commonly employed for texturing
the wafer surfaces when fabricating black silicon (BSi) solar cells and is considered to be a …

MnO2 decorated silicon nanowires: A novel photocatalyst for improved Rhodamine B removal under visible light exposure

K Derkaoui, I Bencherifa, T Hadjersi, I Belkhettab… - Surfaces and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollution triggered by organic dyes is a prominent global concern. Thus, it is imperative to
devise an effective preventative strategy to tackle this matter. Herein, using the chemical …

Microarray biochip fabricated on silicon nanowires/carbon dots heterostructures for enhanced viral DNA detection

L Gogianu, MC Popescu, BS Vasile, I Mihalache… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that human oncoviruses are responsible for 10% of cancer
cases worldwide. While PCR assays are highly sensitive and specific, microarrays offer …

Comparative study of quantum confinements effect present in Silicon Nanowires using absorption and Raman spectroscopy

V Kashyap, C Kumar, N Chaudhary, N Goyal… - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Silver-induced chemical etching (SIE) has been widely explored for developing silicon (Si)
based photovoltaic devices with its benefits for low-cost and large-area fabrication of silicon …

Elucidating the effect of etching time key-parameter toward optically and electrically-active silicon nanowires

M Naffeti, PA Postigo, R Chtourou, MA Zaïbi - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, vertically aligned silicon nanowires (SiNWs) with relatively high crystallinity
have been fabricated through a facile, reliable, and cost-effective metal assisted chemical …

Growth Mechanism and Opto-Structural Characterization of Vertically Oriented Si Nanowires: Implications for Heterojunction Solar Cells

D Das, K Sarkar - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Vertically oriented arrays of Si nanowires (SiNWs) with high aspect ratios are grown
uniformly over large areas by a simple yet inexpensive one-step room-temperature Ag …

Gold nanoparticles coated silicon nanowires for efficient catalytic and photocatalytic applications

S Amdouni, Y Cherifi, Y Coffinier, A Addad… - Materials Science in …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work is focused on the elaboration of gold (Au) nanoparticles supported silicon
nanowires (SiNWs) for catalytic and photocatalytic applications. The SiNWs investigated in …

The effect of dopant on light trapping characteristics in random silicon nanowires for solar cell applications

V Kashyap, C Kumar, V Kumar, N Chaudhary… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Light management is a fundamental study to improve the solar cell and photoelectrical
devices conversion efficiency. Here, the spectral responses of reflection and absorption …

Selective H2S-sensing performance of Si nanowires through the formation of ZnO shells with Au functionalization

MS Choi, A Mirzaei, JH Bang, W Oum, YJ Kwon… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel gas sensor fabricated from ZnO-shelled Si nanowires (SiNWs) is presented. After
coating a thin layer of Au on the surfaces of Si NWs, ZnO layers were formed on the surfaces …

Induced quantum-Fano effect by Raman scattering and its correlation with field emission properties of silicon nanowires

V Kashyap, C Kumar, V Kumar, N Chaudhary… - Applied Physics A, 2022 - Springer
Here, we report the effect of crystal size and aspect ratio on field emission (FE) properties of
silicon nanowire (Si-NWs) fabricated onto n-type Si (100) using metal-induced chemical …