Silicon nanostructures for solid-state hydrogen storage: A review

RC Muduli, P Kale - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable development of hydrogen energy is a prime concern to address the rising
energy demand and the global energy problem since the hydrogen economy is reliable for …

Silicon nanowires synthesis by metal-assisted chemical etching: A review

AA Leonardi, MJL Faro, A Irrera - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silicon is the undisputed leader for microelectronics among all the industrial materials and
Si nanostructures flourish as natural candidates for tomorrow's technologies due to the rising …

Nanoscale silicon porous materials for efficient hydrogen storage application

M Saeed, HM Marwani, U Shahzad… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
The increasing energy demand and the worldwide energy crisis must be met in large part
via the sustainable growth of hydrogen energy, since this economy is relied upon to provide …

Ascendant bioinspired antireflective materials: Opportunities and challenges coexist

Z Han, Z Jiao, S Niu, L Ren - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past decades, antireflective (AR) materials have drawn more and more attention
owing to its promising and wide applications such as photovoltaic industry, optical devices …

Silicon nanostructures for molecular sensing: a review

VS Vendamani, SVSN Rao, AP Pathak… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This review presents a comprehensive synopsis of the recent developments and
achievements in the research of nanosensors composed of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) …

Black-silicon-assisted photovoltaic cells for better conversion efficiencies: a review on recent research and development efforts

JYH Chai, BT Wong, S Juodkazis - Materials Today Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, the fabrication methods of black silicon (b-Si), application and performance of
b-Si in photovoltaics, and the theoretical modelling efforts in b-Si-based photovoltaic cells …

Structuring of Si into multiple scales by metal‐assisted chemical etching

RP Srivastava, DY Khang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structuring Si, ranging from nanoscale to macroscale feature dimensions, is essential for
many applications. Metal‐assisted chemical etching (MaCE) has been developed as a …

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 …

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 …

MACE nano-texture process applicable for both single-and multi-crystalline diamond-wire sawn Si solar cells

K Chen, J Zha, F Hu, X Ye, S Zou, V Vähänissi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
The photovoltaic (PV) industry requires efficient cutting of large single and multi-crystalline
(sc-and mc-) silicon (Si) wafers. Historically multi-wire slurry sawing (MWSS) dominated, but …