Rough Nano-Wires Hold the Secret to Efficient Heat to Electricity Conversion [Nanotechnology]
...wires, produced by a process known as "electroless etching," where silicon nano-wires are synthesized in an aqueous solution, over a thin, semiconductor crystallized base, the scientists have been able to exploit the process of galvanic displacement of silicon. This displacement technique, which uses silver ions, causes the thermoelectric...
