Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing Applications
Silicon nanowires (Si NWs) represent one of the most promising platforms to be integrated into modern nanodevices. The fabrication of a dense array of vertically aligned ultrathin Si NWs using a low-cost, maskless approach and compatible with Si technology will be here demonstrated. Si NWs with effi...
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| author | Morganti Dario Leonardi Antonio Alessio Lo Faro Maria Josè Livreri Patrizia Conoci Sabrina Fazio Barbara Nastasi Francesco Puntoriero Fausto Irrera Alessia |
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| description | Silicon nanowires (Si NWs) represent one of the most promising platforms to be integrated into modern nanodevices. The fabrication of a dense array of vertically aligned ultrathin Si NWs using a low-cost, maskless approach and compatible with Si technology will be here demonstrated. Si NWs with efficient light emission at room temperature (RT) represent a great advance industry, paving the way for a wide range of unexpected photonic applications. In this work I will show the realization of a new hybrid material based on the luminescence of Si NWs and two different dyes for light-harvesting antennas applications, without any surface functionalization and with energy transfer efficiencies higher than 90%. The luminescence of Si NWs has also been used for sensing applications by the realization of highly sensitive sensors for the detecting of low concentrations of toxic gases. These sensors allow the detection of toxic gases below the threshold limits for human health, through both optical and electrical transduction. The achievement of light emission from silicon-based materials represents a revolution in the industrial field, as it paves the way for new Si applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-451513d21a454f56bd0afc1d74f4e6f82023-11-07T10:20:41ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2023-01-012871400510.1051/epjconf/202328714005epjconf_eosam2023_14005Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing ApplicationsMorganti Dario0Leonardi Antonio Alessio1Lo Faro Maria Josè2Livreri Patrizia3Conoci Sabrina4Fazio Barbara5Nastasi Francesco6Puntoriero Fausto7Irrera Alessia8Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche, ed Ambientali, Università Degli Studi di Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’AlcontresDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di CataniaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di CataniaDepartment of Engineering, University of PalermoDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche, ed Ambientali, Università Degli Studi di Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’AlcontresURT LAB SENS, Beyond Nano—CNR, c/o Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of MessinaDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche, ed Ambientali, Università Degli Studi di Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’AlcontresDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche, ed Ambientali, Università Degli Studi di Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’AlcontresURT LAB SENS, Beyond Nano—CNR, c/o Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of MessinaSilicon nanowires (Si NWs) represent one of the most promising platforms to be integrated into modern nanodevices. The fabrication of a dense array of vertically aligned ultrathin Si NWs using a low-cost, maskless approach and compatible with Si technology will be here demonstrated. Si NWs with efficient light emission at room temperature (RT) represent a great advance industry, paving the way for a wide range of unexpected photonic applications. In this work I will show the realization of a new hybrid material based on the luminescence of Si NWs and two different dyes for light-harvesting antennas applications, without any surface functionalization and with energy transfer efficiencies higher than 90%. The luminescence of Si NWs has also been used for sensing applications by the realization of highly sensitive sensors for the detecting of low concentrations of toxic gases. These sensors allow the detection of toxic gases below the threshold limits for human health, through both optical and electrical transduction. The achievement of light emission from silicon-based materials represents a revolution in the industrial field, as it paves the way for new Si applications.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2023/13/epjconf_eosam2023_14005.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Morganti Dario Leonardi Antonio Alessio Lo Faro Maria Josè Livreri Patrizia Conoci Sabrina Fazio Barbara Nastasi Francesco Puntoriero Fausto Irrera Alessia Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing Applications EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing Applications |
| title_full | Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing Applications |
| title_fullStr | Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing Applications |
| title_short | Luminescent Silicon Nanowires for Light-Harvesting and Environmental Sensing Applications |
| title_sort | luminescent silicon nanowires for light harvesting and environmental sensing applications |
| url | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2023/13/epjconf_eosam2023_14005.pdf |
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