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 …

A large amount of work world-wide has been directed towards obtaining an understanding
of the fundamental characteristics of porous Si. Much progress has been made following the …

It may be argued that silicon, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and iron are among the most
important elements on our planet, because of their involvement in geological, biol-ical, and …

During the last few years, a number of interesting drug delivery applications of mesoporous
materials have been demonstrated. Mesoporous silicon has many important properties …

In this paper, we first review the potential applications of porous Si in solar cell structures.
Then we describe the fabrication of this material by both electrochemical and chemical …

Silicon nanomaterials and nanostructures exhibit different properties from those of bulk
silicon materials based on quantum confinement effects. They are expected to lead to the …

A new method of synthesizing Mn-activated phosphor is presented. The method uses only
chemical etching of Si wafer in HF/H 2 O solution with the addition of an oxidizing agent …

This review is devoted to the analysis of the problems related to fabrication of the Si porous
layers. The review was motivated by a great interest to Si-based porous materials from nano …

In order to enhance the electrical conductivity of Si powder, which shows a poor cycleabilty
as the anode in lithium secondary batteries due to low electrical conductivity and a severe …

The optical properties of porous Si films produced by electrochemical dissolution of Si are
reviewed. From measurements of the optical absorption spectra an inverse relationship …