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 …

This paper summarizes some of the essential aspects of silicon‐nanowire growth and of
their electrical properties. In the first part, a brief description of the different growth …

Research on silicon nanowires has developed rapidly in recent years. This can best be
inferred from the sharply increasing number of publications in this field. In 2008, more than …

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 …

We consider some of the significant aspects of Silicon nanowires (NWs), referring to their
various modes of fabrication and their measured properties. Lithographic patterning as well …

We report on an efficient hybrid Si nanocrystal quantum dot modified radial p–n junction
thinner Si solar cell that utilizes the advantages of effective exciton collection by energy …

Impurity doping is the most important technique to functionalize semiconductor nanowires.
The crucial point is how the states of impurity atoms can be detected. The chemical bonding …

Quantification of the short-range order in amorphous silicon has been formulized using
Raman scattering by taking into account established frameworks for studying the spectral …

Germanium (Ge) nanowire arrays are expected to be a promising channel material for high-
performance field-effect transistors (FETs) due to their excellent electronic transport …

Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have considerable potential to assist the realization of next‐
generation metal‐oxide semiconductor field‐effect transistors (MOSFETs) with vertical …