Materials for downconversion in solar cells: Perspectives and challenges

MB De la Mora, O Amelines-Sarria, BM Monroy… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar energy has an enormous potential to solve society energy needs in a sustainable way.
Notably, photovoltaic systems (PV) permit to obtain electricity based on solar energy …

Potential of producing solar grade silicon nanoparticles from selected agro-wastes: A review

JA Adebisi, JO Agunsoye, SA Bello, II Ahmed, OA Ojo… - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) stated that Nigeria generates
around 3080 MW of electricity but with actual estimated demand of 10,000 MW. Due to the …

Resistive interlayer for improved performance of thin film silicon solar cells on highly textured substrate

M Despeisse, G Bugnon, A Feltrin… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The deposition of thin-film silicon solar cells on highly textured substrates results in
improved light trapping in the cell. However, the growth of silicon layers on rough substrates …

Photoluminescence from silicon nitride—no quantum effect

J Kistner, X Chen, Y Weng, HP Strunk… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Silicon nitride compounds emit photoluminescence all over the visible range. Recent studies
ascribed this luminescence to quantum-size effects within silicon nanocrystals that were …

Optical and structural characterization of silicon nitride thin films deposited by PECVD

I Guler - materials science and engineering: b, 2019 - Elsevier
Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique was used to deposit
silicon nitride (SiN x) thin films. The silane (SiH 4) and ammonia (NH 3) were used as …

First and second-order Raman scattering in Si nanostructures within silicon nitride

LV Mercaldo, EM Esposito, PD Veneri, G Fameli… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
First and second-order Raman analysis on annealed silicon nitride films is reported.
Possible formation of amorphous Si nanoparticles after an intermediate treatment is …

Third-order optical nonlinearity in silicon nitride films prepared using magnetron sputtering and application for optical bistability

B Ding, X Yu, H Lu, X Xiu, C Zhang, C Yang… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the third-order optical nonlinearity in silicon nitride (SiN) films prepared using
magnetron sputtering. The large nonlinear refractive index n 2 in SiN prepared at room …

Properties of silicon nanoparticles embedded in SiNx deposited by microwave-PECVD

F Delachat, M Carrada, G Ferblantier, JJ Grob… - …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, silicon-rich silicon nitride (SRN) layers were deposited on a silicon wafer by
microwave-assisted plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MW-PECVD) using NH 3 …

[图书][B] Applications of Laser Ablation: Thin Film Deposition, Nanomaterial Synthesis and Surface Modification

D Yang - 2016 - books.google.com
Laser ablation refers to the phenomenon in which a low wavelength and short pulse (ns-fs)
duration of laser beam irradiates the surface of a target to induce instant local vaporization of …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of annealing treatments on photoluminescence and charge storage mechanism in silicon-rich SiN x :H films

BS Sahu, F Delachat, A Slaoui, M Carrada… - Nanoscale research …, 2011 - Springer
In this study, a wide range of a-SiN x: H films with an excess of silicon (20 to 50%) were
prepared with an electron-cyclotron resonance plasma-enhanced chemical vapor …