Mass production of uniform-sized nanoporous silicon nanowire anodes via block copolymer lithography

• DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01898a
• Publication Date: 2011-08-01T09:30:29Z
• Authors: Byoung Man Bang; Hyunjung Kim; Jung-Pil Lee; Jaephil Cho; Soojin Park
• Keywords: Block copolymer lithography; Nano-porous silicon; Stable cycling; Mass production; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy; Catalytic etching; Charge capacities; Uniform-sized

We present a simple, mass production of nonporous and nanoporous silicon nanowire anodes by combining block copolymer masks and metal catalytic etching. Carbon coated nanoporous silicon nanowire anodes exhibit a highly stable cycling performance with a reversible charge capacity of 1500 mA h g−1.