SBIR Phase II: Continuous Flow Reactor and Size-Selection Chromagraphic Scheme for Use in High Throughput Manufacture of Silicon Nanoparticles

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段的项目是使用在第一阶段期间开发的连续流动反应器继续扩大发光硅纳米晶体的生产规模，在第一阶段期间，实现了第一阶段提案的主要目标，即将繁琐的间歇过程转变为高效的连续过程。这种新的连续流动反应器将成为一项使能技术，因为该系统将适用于大量纳米胶体材料的高温合成。这项技术可以将传统照明的平均效率从不到15%提高到50%以上，潜在地将照明耗电量降低3倍。这一过程可以创造出具有许多有利属性的粒子，这些属性也适用于其他应用，其中许多将被用于许可。其中包括多电平浮栅存储器、光学互连、光学集成电路、电化学产品、燃料电池、生物分子识别、电池电极和显示器。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to continue the scale up of luminescent Si nanocrystal production using the continuous flow reactor developed during the Phase I period where the main objective of the Phase I proposal of converting a cumbersome batch process into an efficient continuous one was accomplished. This new continuous flow reactor will serve as an enabling technology because the system will be applicable to the high temperature synthesis of numerous nanoscale colloidal materials. This technology could raise the average efficiency of conventional lighting from under 15% to more than 50%, potentially reducing the electricity consumed for illumination by a factor of 3X. The process can create particles that have many favorable attributes that lend themselves to other applications as well, many of which will be pursued for licensing. These include multi-level floating gate memory, optical interconnects, optical integrated circuits, electro-chemical products, fuel cells, bio-molecular recognition, battery electrodes, and displays.