Ordered mesoporous silicon through magnesium reduction of polymer templated silica thin films.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
This paper describes the process of making ordered mesoporous silicon (Si) thin films. The process begins with mesoporous silica (SiO 2) thin films that are produced via evaporation induced self-assembly (EISA) using sol-gel silica precursors with a diblock copolymer template. This results in a film with a cubic lattice of 15 nm diameter pores and 10 nm thick walls. The silicon is produced through reduction of the silica thin films in a magnesium (Mg) vapor at 675 degrees C. Magnesium reduction preserves the ordered pore-solid architecture but replaces the dense silica walls with 10-17 nm silicon crystallites. The resulting porous silicon films are characterized by a combination of low and high angle X-ray diffraction, combined with direct SEM imaging. The result is a straightforward route to the production of ordered nanoporous silicon.