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Porous Silicon Application Survey

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In this updated chapter, all current applications of microporous, mesoporous, and macroporous silicon under investigation are briefly surveyed, and more than 65 reviews over the period 1985–2017 are collated. Applications are grouped into 12 domains: electronics, optoelectronics, optics, diagnostics, energy conversion, catalysis, filtration, adsorbents, medical, food, cosmetics, and consumer care. Targeted product/function examples are given for each domain, together with the current level of industrial and academic activity. Comparisons are made with the major industrial uses of silica, comparing high-value and low-value product areas. Although porous silicon uses in electronics have the longest history of development, the most active R&D domains currently, as gauged by volume of literature, are energy conversion (lithium batteries), medical (drug delivery), and diagnostics (chip-based biosensing and mass spectrometry).

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Canham, L. (2017). Porous Silicon Application Survey. In: Canham, L. (eds) Handbook of Porous Silicon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04508-5_74-2

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    Porous Silicon Application Survey
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04508-5_74-2

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