1. Silicon carbide coated silicon nanowires as robust electrode material for aqueous micro-supercapacitor.
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Alper, John P., Vincent, Maxime, Carraro, Carlo, and Maboudian, Roya
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SILICON carbide , *NANOSILICON , *NANOWIRES , *SUPERCAPACITORS , *AQUEOUS electrolytes - Abstract
The development of passivated silicon nanowire (SiNW) based micro-supercapacitor electrodes for on-chip applications using an environmentally benign aqueous electrolyte is reported. The SiNWs, produced by low-temperature (50 °C) electrochemical etching, corrode during charge/discharge cycling in the aqueous environment, but upon coating with a silicon carbide passivation layer, the corrosion is mitigated. The as-formed materials are in electrical contact with the substrate, requiring no additional current collector. The passivated NWs achieve capacitance values up to ∼1.7 mF/cm2 projected area (comparable to state-of-the art carbon based micro-supercapacitor electrodes), exhibit robust cycling stability, and maintain capacitive behavior over a wide range of charge/discharge rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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