Role of metal/silicon semiconductor contact engineering for enhanced output current in micro-sized microbial fuel cells

Justine E. Mink; Jhonathan Prieto Rojas; Kelly Rader; Muhammad Mustafa Hussain

doi:10.1002/pssa.201330233

Role of metal/silicon semiconductor contact engineering for enhanced output current in micro-sized microbial fuel cells

Justine E. Mink, Jhonathan Prieto Rojas, Kelly Rader, Muhammad Mustafa Hussain

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We show that contact engineering plays an important role to extract the maximum performance from energy harvesters like microbial fuel cells (MFCs). We experimented with Schottky and Ohmic methods of fabricating contact areas on silicon in an MFC contact material study. We utilized the industry standard contact material, aluminum, as well as a metal, whose silicide has recently been recognized for its improved performance in smallest scale integration requirements, cobalt. Our study shows that improvements in contact engineering are not only important for device engineering but also for microsystems. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	551-554
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science
Volume	211
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330233 https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201470221
State	Published - Nov 25 2013

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): CRG-1-2012-HUS-008
Acknowledgements: We thank Prof. Bruce Logan at Penn State University for useful discussion, Professor Gary Amy at KAUST for laboratory use at the Water Desalination and Reuse Center, Daniah Alsaady, Mariyam Mahmoud, and Shaiza Sinha from the KAUST schools for aid in characterization measurements and assembly, and Muhannad Abu-Ghdaib from KAUST WDRC for photographs. This work has been made possible with the OCRF Competitive Research Grant (CRG-1-2012-HUS-008) and GRP Collaborative Fellow (GRP-CF-2011-03-S) grant for J.E.M.

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Materials Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Surfaces and Interfaces
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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