Electrodeposition of Nanostructured
Silicon Coatings onto Different Materials
from Halide and Halide–Oxide Melts
Oleksandr Yasko, D. B. Shakhnin, Angelina Gab, Viktor Malyshev,
and Marcelle Gaune-Escard
1 Introduction
Crystalline silicon is one of the most promising materials for terrestrial solar cells,
and the results of further studies on its obtaining should be connected to the lowering
of its price. Production of solar cells using LiF-KF-K 2 SiF 6 solution in fluoride melts
is a very attractive and promising method in terms of obtaining silicon of desired
purity level. Well-adherent and relatively pure silicon can be electrodeposited onto
silver surface from similar fluoride melts at 1023 K [2]. The use of silver as the
cathode material is unprofitable in this case.
Deposition of silicon coatings onto conductive substrates of lower prices such as
steel, brass, nickel, tungsten, or graphite can be very promising in terms of reducing
O. Yasko
Student, Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”, 23 Lvivska St., 03115
Kyiv, Ukraine
e-mail: o.yasko@meta.ua
D. B. Shakhnin (B) · A. Gab
Assoc. Prof., Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”, 23 Lvivska St.,
03115 Kyiv, Ukraine
e-mail: shakhnin@ukr.net
A. Gab
e-mail: lina_gab@ukr.net
V. Malyshev
Director of Institute of Engineering & Technology, Open International University of Human
Development “Ukraine”, 23 Lvivska St., 03115 Kyiv, Ukraine
e-mail: viktor.malyshev.igic@gmail.com
M. Gaune-Escard
Directeur de Recherche, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, UMR 6595, Technopôle deChateau
Gombert, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France
e-mail: mgescard@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
O. Fesenko and L. Yatsenko (eds.), Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites,
Nanostructure Surfaces, and Their Applications, Springer Proceedings
in Physics 246, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51905-6_18
231
Silicon Coatings onto Different Materials
from Halide and Halide–Oxide Melts
Oleksandr Yasko, D. B. Shakhnin, Angelina Gab, Viktor Malyshev,
and Marcelle Gaune-Escard
1 Introduction
Crystalline silicon is one of the most promising materials for terrestrial solar cells,
and the results of further studies on its obtaining should be connected to the lowering
of its price. Production of solar cells using LiF-KF-K 2 SiF 6 solution in fluoride melts
is a very attractive and promising method in terms of obtaining silicon of desired
purity level. Well-adherent and relatively pure silicon can be electrodeposited onto
silver surface from similar fluoride melts at 1023 K [2]. The use of silver as the
cathode material is unprofitable in this case.
Deposition of silicon coatings onto conductive substrates of lower prices such as
steel, brass, nickel, tungsten, or graphite can be very promising in terms of reducing
O. Yasko
Student, Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”, 23 Lvivska St., 03115
Kyiv, Ukraine
e-mail: o.yasko@meta.ua
D. B. Shakhnin (B) · A. Gab
Assoc. Prof., Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”, 23 Lvivska St.,
03115 Kyiv, Ukraine
e-mail: shakhnin@ukr.net
A. Gab
e-mail: lina_gab@ukr.net
V. Malyshev
Director of Institute of Engineering & Technology, Open International University of Human
Development “Ukraine”, 23 Lvivska St., 03115 Kyiv, Ukraine
e-mail: viktor.malyshev.igic@gmail.com
M. Gaune-Escard
Directeur de Recherche, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, UMR 6595, Technopôle deChateau
Gombert, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France
e-mail: mgescard@gmail.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
O. Fesenko and L. Yatsenko (eds.), Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites,
Nanostructure Surfaces, and Their Applications, Springer Proceedings
in Physics 246, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51905-6_18
231