Silicon nanowire anode

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Fig. 19.6 Nanowires used to measure anomalous semiconductor-assisted gas ionization (a) a close-up SEM image of smooth silicon nanowires after annealing in HCl (b, c) SEM micrographs of a forest of, and a single, whiskered silicon nanowire that showed low-voltage FI (d) SEM images of whiskered nanowires after removal of gold catalyst for the tips (e) a three-dimensional schematic illustration of the device used to measure gas ionization on both types of nanowire. Note that the nanowires were planted at the anode.

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Prof. Hong Li and co-works from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of science, also purposed to use nanosized silicon as anode for LIBs, which is the first patent of nano-Si anode in the world.They have found that nanosized Si particle showed much better cyclic performance than micrometer sized silicon at room temperature. " Later, they found the room-temperature amorphization phenomenon for single crystal Si nanowires after lithiation and electrochemical agglomeration of nanosized Si particles. " ... 

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Another example of fibre-like deposits is given by the electrodeposition of [Per][Au(mnt)2] (Per = perylene. Figure 4.1) on a silicon anode which leads to a uniform black film. Scanning electron micrographs reveal that the film is made of nanowires (Figure 4.39). The diameter of an individual nanowire is in the 35-55 nm range, smaller than the [TTF][Ni(dmit)2]2 fibres previously described. The conductivity of... 

In the first case, the tip serves both as monomer (and electrolyte) dehvery tool and as the cathode for the electrochemical polymerization, while the conductive substrate is the anode. The polymerized material with a well-defined pattern and shape is subsequently deposited on the substrate. Many kinds of CPNWs, e.g. PPY, PANI, and PEDOT nanowires have been prepared with this approach on (semi-)conducting substrates e.g. silicon, graphite, or gold, using STM or conductive AEM tips [17-21]. Figure 10.8 is an AFM... 

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