Vertical Silicon Nanowire Platform for Low Power Electronics and Clean Energy Applications | Zendy

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Vertical Silicon Nanowire Platform for Low Power Electronics and Clean Energy Applications

Author(s) -

D. L. Kwong,

X. Li,

Yi Sun,

Girish Ganesan Ramanathan,

Zhixian Chen,

Sissie Wong,

Yida Li,

N. Shen,

Kavitha D. Buddharaju,

Yang Yu,

S. J. Lee,

Navab Singh,

G. Q. Lo

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of nanotechnology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 1687-9511

pISSN - 1687-9503

DOI - 10.1155/2012/492121

Subject(s) - materials science , electronics , nanowire , transistor , cmos , nanotechnology , silicon nanowires , planar , engineering physics , electrical engineering , optoelectronics , computer science , engineering , voltage , computer graphics (images)

This paper reviews the progress of the vertical top-down nanowire technology platform developed to explore novel device architectures and integration schemes for green electronics and clean energy applications. Under electronics domain, besides having ultimate scaling potential, the vertical wire offers (1) CMOS circuits with much smaller foot print as compared to planar transistor at the same technology node, (2) a natural platform for tunneling FETs, and (3) a route to fabricate stacked nonvolatile memory cells. Under clean energy harvesting area, vertical wires could provide (1) cost reduction in photovoltaic energy conversion through enhanced light trapping and (2) a fully CMOS compatible thermoelectric engine converting waste-heat into electricity. In addition to progress review, we discuss the challenges and future prospects with vertical nanowires platform

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