The unique plasma-specific features and physical phenomena in the organization of
nanoscale soild-state systems in a broad range of elemental composition, structure, and …

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) has been used for decades—doped and as
intrinsic absorber layers—in thin-film silicon solar cells. Whereas their effiency was improved …

Recent achievements in amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells and
perovskite/SHJ tandem solar cells place hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) at the …

Silicon heterojunction solar cells have high open-circuit voltages thanks to excellent
passivation of the wafer surfaces by thin intrinsic amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) layers …

Semiconductor nanocrystals have attracted considerable interest for a wide range of
applications including light-emitting devices and displays, photovoltaic cells, nanoelectronic …

Hard and brittle materials usually exhibit a much lower strength when loaded in tension than
in compression. However, this common-sense behaviour may not be intrinsic to these …

Crystalline silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) were spontaneously grown in the silicon nitride
films by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition using SiH 4 and NH 3 as precursors …

Low temperature plasma (LTP)-based synthesis of advanced materials has played a
transformational role in multiple industries, including the semiconductor industry, liquid …

Plasma-aided nanofabrication is a rapidly expanding area of research spanning disciplines
ranging from physics and chemistry of plasmas and gas discharges to solid state physics …

The fabrication of next-generation semiconductor devices has created a need for low-
temperature (≤ 400 C) deposition of highly-conformal (> 95%) SiO 2, SiN x, and SiC films …