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This timely overview of silicon electrochemistry and surface modification covers current approaches for the production of photovoltaic-grade silicon materials, including innovative molten-salt methods.
List of contents
1. Introduction
2. Silicon Electrochemistry: Towards a Low-Carbon Economy
3. Historcal Overview of Silicon Production
4. Physical and Chemical Properties of Silicon
5. Refining of Silicon: From Metallurgical-Grade to Electronic-Grade
6. Silicon Electrowinning and Electrodeposition of Thin Layers
7.Photoelectrochemistry and Nanogravimetry of Si and Si-oxide Electrodes
8. Electro-deoxidation of Solid Compounds in Molten Salts
9. Voltammetry and Basic Reactions of Silicon Electrode in Molten CaCl2
10. Si-SiO2 Electrode in Molten CaCl2
11. Formation of Silicon Oxide Layer
12. In situ Studies of SiO2 to Si Conversion
13. Molten Oxide Electrochemistry at Ultra-High Temperatures
14. Silicon Surface Structuring
15. Electrochemical Si Surface Structuring and Formation of Black Si in High Temperature Molten Salts
16. Silicon Compositions: Perspectives for Semiconductor Production
17. Silicon Photo-Electrodes for Water Splitting and Their Protection
18. Conclusion, Outlook, Challenges
About the author
Professor Eimutis Juzeliunas is the principal research associate and head of the Department of Electrochemical Materials Science at the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology in Vilnius, Lithuania. Prior to these positions, he was the rector of Klaipeda University (2014-2018) and the director of the Institute of Chemistry (2001-2009) in Lithuania. From 2009 to 2014, he was a Marie Curie Intra-European and International fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. His main research topics include: electrochemical materials science, silicon electrochemistry for energy applications, corrosion of metals, surface technologies. He published 116 papers in peer-reviewedjournals, holds two patents and reported orally in 40 international conferences. He received research fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (DECHEMA, Germany 1995-1997), the American Chemical Society (Pennsylvania StateUniversity, USA 2001-2002), the Fulbright Programme (Vanderbilt University, USA 2009-2010) and the Commission of the European Communities, Marie Curie actions (the University of Cambridge, UK 2009-2010; 2013-2014).
