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Porous and Nanoporous Semiconductors and Emerging Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Helmut Föll ,
Jürgen Carstensen  and
Stefan Frey
Helmut Föll
Affiliation:
Chair for General Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, D-24143 Kiel, Germany
Jürgen Carstensen
Affiliation:
Chair for General Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, D-24143 Kiel, Germany
Stefan Frey
Affiliation:
Chair for General Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, D-24143 Kiel, Germany
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Abstract

Pores in single crystalline semiconductors can be produced in a wide range of geometries and morphologies, including the “nano” regime. Porous semiconductors may have properties completely different from the bulk, and metamaterials with e.g. optical properties not encountered in natural materials are emerging. Possible applications of porous semiconductors include various novel sensors, but also more “exotic” uses as, e.g. high explosives or electrodes for micro fuel cells. The paper briefly reviews pore formation (including more applied aspects of large area etching), properties of porous semiconductors and emerging applications.

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