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 …

Silicon-rich nitride films are developed and explored using an inductively coupled plasma
chemical vapor deposition system at low temperature of 250° C with an ammonia-free gas …

Silicon nitride (Si x N y) and silicon oxynitride (SiO x N y) are materials that can find
multifarious application in solar cells by tuning their microstructure and optical properties. In …

To meet the demand of all-optical data processing applications, the SiNx layer with
enriching Si quantum dots (Si-QDs) for achieving strong optical nonlinearity is demonstrated …

Ultrahigh index and low-loss silicon rich nitride (SiNx) thin-film material is developed and
studied for application in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) as light delivery system …

In this study, silicon nitride (SiN x) thin films were deposited on polyimide (PI) substrates as
barrier layers by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system. The …

Liquid-phase crystallization (LPC) is a process technology to fabricate thin (< 30 μm)
crystalline silicon layers on glass substrates. To this end, as-deposited amorphous or nano …

We examined the effects of post-annealing in forming-gas ambient on the spin-on-dielectric
(SOD)-buffered passivation as well as the conventional plasma-enhanced chemical vapor …

Light trapping forms an important aspect of solar cells to increase the short circuit current
density, which has a direct impact on the efficiency of the solar cell. In this paper we have …

Photonic crystals using alternate layers of high and low refractive index material behave like
a Bragg reflector which helps in light confinement and entrapment in thin film solar cells …