Growth of low temperature silicon nano-structures for electronic and electrical energy generation applications

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dc.contributor.authorGabrielyan, Nareen
dc.contributor.authorSarantini, K.en
dc.contributor.authorManjunatha, M.en
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Shashien
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-21T15:06:31Z
dc.date.available2013-02-21T15:06:31Z
dc.date.issued2013-02-15
dc.description.abstractThis paper represents the lowest growth temperature for silicon nano-wires (SiNWs) via a vapour-liquid--solid method, which has ever been reported in the literature. The nano-wires were grown using plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition technique at temperatures as low as 150[degree sign]C using gallium as the catalyst. This study investigates the structure and the size of the grown silicon nano-structure as functions of growth temperature and catalyst layer thickness. Moreover, the choice of the growth temperature determines the thickness of the catalyst layer to be used.The electrical and optical characteristics of the nano-wires were tested by incorporating them in photovoltaic solar cells, two terminal bistable memory devices and Schottky diode. With further optimisation of the growth parameters, SiNWs, grown by our method, have promising future for incorporation into high performance electronic and optical devices.en
dc.identifier.citationGabrielyan, N. et al. (2013) Growth of low temperature silicon nano-structures for electronic and electrical energy generation applications. Nanoscale Research Letters, 8, pp. 83en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-83
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/8139
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.researchgroupEmerging Technologies Research Centreen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Engineering Sciences (IES)en
dc.subjectSilicon nano-wireen
dc.subjectNano-treeen
dc.subjectGalliumen
dc.subjectPECVDen
dc.subjectSolar cellen
dc.subjectSchottky diodeen
dc.subjectBistable memoryen
dc.titleGrowth of low temperature silicon nano-structures for electronic and electrical energy generation applicationsen
dc.typeArticleen

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