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Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Scriba, Manfred R |
| author2 | Härting, Margit |
| author_browse | Härting, Margit Scriba, Manfred R |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6550 Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis Scriba, Manfred R Härting, Margit Britton, David T Physics Includes bibliographical references. Nanoparticles are considered as fundamental building blocks of nanotechnology and, silicon nanoparticles in particular, will form the basis of applications in single electron transistors, floating gate memory devices, solid state lighting, chemical sensors and flexible electronics, including solar cells and luminescent materials, printed on paper. A remaining key challenge however in the development of applications is the reproducible and reliable production of nanomaterial in sufficient quantities. Historically nanoparticles have been manufactured by top-down approaches such as milling, laser ablation or etching, and bottom-up synthesis such as colloidal chemistry and gas phase pyrolysis. The chemical processes in the latter are generally equivalent to those in the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of compact films. Due to its simplicity and the relatively straight-forward construction of the hot wire chemical vapour deposition (HWCVD) reactor, this method is further investigated as a suitable route to nanoparticle production. The objective of this research is thus to produce Si nanoparticles (powder) in sufficient quantities, through thermal catalytic pyrolysis, while maintaining control of the important properties namely size, size distribution, composition and crystallinity. 2014-08-13T20:12:18Z 2014-08-13T20:12:18Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6550 eng application/pdf Department of Physics Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Physics Scriba, Manfred R Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis |
| title_full | Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis |
| title_fullStr | Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis |
| title_short | Silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis |
| title_sort | silicon nanoparticle sysnthesis through thermal catalytic pyrolysis |
| topic | Physics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6550 |
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