Hybrid silicon nanostructures with conductive ligands and their microscopic conductivities

Bian, Tiezheng, Peck, Jamie N., Cottrell, Stephen P., Jayasooriya, Upali A. and Chao, Yimin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8488-2690 (2017) Hybrid silicon nanostructures with conductive ligands and their microscopic conductivities. Journal of Electronic Materials, 46 (5). 3221–3226. ISSN 0361-5235

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Abstract

Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) functionalized with conjugated molecules promise a potential pathway to generate a new category of thermoelectric materials. While the thermoelectric performance of materials based on phenyl-acetylene capped SiNPs has been proven, their low conductivity is still a problem for their general application. A muon study of phenyl-acetylene capped SiNPs has been recently carried out using the HiFi spectrometer at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, measuring the ALC spectra as a function of temperature. The results show a reduction in the measured line width of the resonance above room temperature, suggesting an activated behaviour for this system. This study shows that the muon study could be a powerful method to investigate microscopic conductivity of hybrid thermoelectric materials.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	silicon nanostructure,muon spectroscopy,hybrid materials,phenylacetylene,thermoelectric performance,microscopic conductivity
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024) Faculty of Science
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Materials and Catalysis (former - to 2025) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Energy Materials Laboratory (former - to 2025)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2016 00:31
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 17:13
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/60076
DOI:	10.1007/s11664-016-4954-y

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