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Borhan Albiss and Mohammad Al-Widyan
This study presents the numerical simulation, optimization, preparation, and characterization of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells (TFSCs). Different cell parameters were investigated, including Ga/(Ga+In) (GGI) ratios, the thicknesses of CIGS a...
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Laura Khamkhash, Svetlana Em, Anara Molkenova, Yoon-Hwae Hwang and Timur Sh. Atabaev
The use of thin films consisting of TiO2 and reduced graphene oxide (TiO2?rGO) in solar harnessing devices is gaining momentum thanks to improved charge-transporting characteristics. In this report, we propose a facile spin-coating methodology for the de...
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Chen Lin, Teng Zhan, Junxi Wang, Jinmin Li, Zhiqiang Liu and Xiaoyan Yi
Conventionally, Cu is preferred over Al to fabricate integrated inductors with higher quality factors on either silicon or sapphire substrates, profiting from its lower resistivity. However, after investigating and comparing these two kinds of metal mult...
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Siyuan Xu, Hongbao Jia, Chunyang Wang, Wenping Zhao, Ying Wang, Chunming Yang, Henan Wu, Jiang Zhu, Biao Wang and Qian Wang
Multilayer broadband antireflective (AR) coatings consisting of porous layers usually suffers poor functional durability. Based on a quarter-half-quarter multilayer structure, AR coatings with dense SiO2 film as the top layer are designed, and refractive...
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Slawomir Gulkowski and Ewelina Krawczak
Thin film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS)-based solar cells with relatively high efficiency and low material usage might become a promising alternative for crystalline silicon technology. The most challenging task nowadays is to decrease the PV module fabrication co...
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Chiara Carra, Elisa Dell?Orto, Vittorio Morandi and Claudia Riccardi
Zinc Oxide nanostructured thin films were grown by a novel plasma assisted vapour deposition method, which aims to combine the versatility of deposition processes that are mediated by plasma with the capability to control particles diffusion and nucleati...
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Basit Abdul, Vincenzo Mariano Mastronardi, Antonio Qualtieri, Luciana Algieri, Francesco Guido, Francesco Rizzi and Massimo De Vittorio
In this paper, we report on the characterization of the sensitivity and the directionality of a novel ultrasonic hydrophone fabricated by micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) process, using aluminum nitride (AlN) thin film as piezoelectric functional ...
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Xinqi Chen, Wei Dai, Tian Wu, Wei Luo, Jianping Yang, Wan Jiang and Lianjun Wang
Thermoelectric technology has the ability to convert heat directly into electricity and vice versa. With the rapid growth of portable and wearable electronics and miniature devices, the self-powered and maintenance of free thermoelectric energy harvester...
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Yaohui Hu, Wuwei Kang, Yong Fang, Lingrui Xie, Longzhen Qiu and Tao Jin
In this paper, a sensor based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric thin film was designed and fabricated to detect wrist motion signals. A series of dynamic experiments have been carried out, including the contrast experiments of different mat...
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Giovanni Carlotti
There is currently a renewed interest in the development of experimental methods to achieve the elastic characterization of thin films, multilayers and acoustic resonators operating in the GHz range of frequencies. The potentialities of surface Brillouin...
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