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

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目将继续使用第一阶段期间开发的连续流反应器扩大发光硅的生产规模，其中第一阶段提案的主要目标是将繁琐的间歇工艺转化为高效的连续工艺。这种新的连续流动反应器将作为一种使能技术，因为该系统将适用于许多纳米级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15%以下提高到50%以上，从而将照明所消耗的电力减少3倍。该过程可以产生具有许多有利属性的颗粒，这些属性也适用于其他应用，其中许多将被申请许可。这些包括多层浮栅存储器、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.