Silicon

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.

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

• By (author) Eimutis Juzeliunas