Gas-phase synthesis of nanoscale silicon as an economical route towards sustainable energy technology

KONA Powder and Particle Journal

Volumn 29, Issue , 2011, Pages 191-207

  Hülser, Tim ^a   Schnurre, Sophie Marie ^a   Wiggers, Hartmut ^b   Schulz, Christof ^b  

^a Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas phase synthesis; Pilot plant scale; Silicon nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GASES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; PILOT PLANTS; SILANES; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

GAS-PHASE SYNTHESIS; NANO-CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON POWDERS; PILOT PLANT SCALE; SHORT DIFFUSION LENGTHS; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 84856355426     PISSN: 02884534     EISSN: 21875537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14356/kona.2011021     Document Type: Article

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