Silicon : electrochemistry, production, purification and applications /: electrochemistry, production, purification and applications. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eimutis Juzeliunas.
• Authors: Juzeliunas, Eimutis
• Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Historical overview of silicon production; 3. Physical and chemical properties of silicon; 3. Production of metal grade silicon; 4. Refining of silicon: from metal to electronic grade; 5. Basics of semiconductor electrochemistry, photo-effects; 6. Silicon equilibrium and electrolysis in aqueous electrolytes; - Thermodynamic stability, native oxide; - Surface termination effects; - Photoelectrochemical effects; - Anodic polarization, surface passivation; - Cathodic polarization; 7. Porous silicon: formation, mechanisms and morphology; - Etching in fluoride solutions; - Etching in alkaline solutions; 8. Electro-deoxidation of solid compounds in molten salts; 9. Silicon electrochemistry in molten salts - toward low-carbon economy; 10. Voltammetry and basic reactions of silicon as an electrode in molten CaCl2; 11. Electrochemical production of Si in molten CaCl2 from SiO2; 12. Electrodeposition of thin Si films; - Electrodeposition in molten fluoride electrolytes; - Si films from molten CaCl2: photoactive layers and p-n junction; 13. Electrodeposition of Si from ionic liquids and organic solvents; 14. Purity concerns and solutions; 15. Silicon electrorefining in molten salts; 16. Silicon surface structuring; - Chemical-physical structuring; - Electrochemical Si surface structuring in molten salts; -- Anodizing in molten salt; -- Microcolumnar and amorphous structures; -- Electro-Deoxidation of SiO2 layers; 17. Black silicon; 18. Synthesis of nanowires and implications for Li-batteries production; 19. Silicon compositions - perspectives for semiconductor production; - Silicon carbide; - Silicides; 20. Concluding remarks, future opportunities and challenges; 21. References
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: 546.683; Silicon
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527831920
• Related ISBNs: 9783527348978
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