Tunable conductivity in mesoporous germanium

MN Beattie, YA Bioud, DG Hobson, A Boucherif… - …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Germanium-based nanostructures have attracted increasing attention due to favourable
electrical and optical properties, which are tunable on the nanoscale. High densities of …

Metastable States in pressurized bulk and mesoporous germanium

A Boucherif, S Radescu, R Arès, A Mujica… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Combination of porosity and hydrostaticity during compression is used with a view to explore
the energy landscape of germanium. In this work, pressure-induced phase transformations …

III-V Multi-Junction Solar Cells on Si Substrates with a Voided Ge Interface Layer: A Modeling Study

MN Beattie, YA Bioud, A Boucherif… - 2018 IEEE 7th World …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-junction solar cell efficiencies far exceed those attainable with silicon photovoltaics;
however, the high cost of materials remains a barrier to their widespread use. Substantial …