[HTML][HTML] Wafer-scale Ge freestanding membranes for lightweight and flexible optoelectronics

T Hanuš, B Ilahi, A Chapotot, H Pelletier, J Cho… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Semiconductor-based freestanding membranes (FSM) have recently emerged as a highly
promising area of advanced materials research. Their unique properties, such as lightweight …

Germanium surface wet-etch-reconditioning for porous lift-off and substrate reuse

A Chapotot, B Ilahi, J Arias-Zapata, T Hanuš… - Materials Science in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reducing both the cost and weight of Germanium (Ge)-based devices is a key concern in
extending these technologies to mainstream applications. In this framework, the porous Ge …

Potential monitoring during Ge electrochemical etching: Towards tunable double porosity layers

T Hanuš, L Mouchel, B Ilahi, A Dupuy, J Cho… - Electrochimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Porous Germanium (PGe) has emerged as a promising material for applications
such as substrate engineering, sensing, and energy storage, thanks to its uniquely versatile …

[HTML][HTML] Uprooting defects to enable high-performance III–V optoelectronic devices on silicon

YA Bioud, A Boucherif, M Myronov, A Soltani… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The monolithic integration of III-V compound semiconductor devices with silicon presents
physical and technological challenges, linked to the creation of defects during the deposition …

Effect of strain and stacking on electronic structure, optical and photocatalytic performance of monolayer XO2 (X = Ti, Ni and Ge)

S Riaz, M Gul, F Khan, I Ahmad, M Ilyas - Applied Physics A, 2023 - Springer
In this theoretical study we investigate the electronic, optical, and photocatalytic properties of
monolayer titanium dioxide (TiO2), nickel dioxide (NiO2), and germanium dioxide (GeO2) …

Doping and Surface Effects of CuFeS2 Nanocrystals Used in Thermoelectric Nanocomposites

L Vaure, Y Liu, D Cadavid, F Agnese… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the search for low‐cost thermoelectric materials operating near room temperature, the
potential of chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) nanocrystals is explored. Their colloidal synthesis is …

Interface-dependent phononic and optical properties of GeO/MoSO heterostructures

M Yagmurcukardes, Y Sozen, M Baskurt, FM Peeters… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The interface-dependent electronic, vibrational, piezoelectric, and optical properties of van
der Waals heterobilayers, formed by buckled GeO (b-GeO) and Janus MoSO structures, are …

Effects of lithium on the electronic properties of porous Ge as anode material for batteries

AN Sosa, I González, A Trejo, Á Miranda… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the need of improvement of energy storage has led to the development of Lithium
batteries with porous materials as electrodes. Porous Germanium (pGe) has shown promise …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive investigation of thermal induced reorganization of porous-germanium structures

A Ayari, B Ilahi, R Arvinte, T Hanuš, L Mouchel, J Cho… - Thin Solid Films, 2024 - Elsevier
Porous germanium (PGe) substrates have recently attracted significant attention for the
development of lightweight and flexible solar cells and optoelectronic devices. A reliable …

A porous Ge/Si interface layer for defect-free III-V multi-junction solar cells on silicon

YA Bioud, MN Beattie, A Boucherif… - Physics, Simulation …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
III-V solar cell cost reduction and direct III-V/Si integration can both be realized by depositing
a thin layer of high-quality Ge on relatively low-cost Si substrates. However, direct epitaxial …