Recent advances of cobalt-based nitride catalysts in solar energy conversion

W Qi, H Wang, J Liu, T Thomas, S Liu… - Materials Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy harnessing and conversion has attracted considerable research interest. Photo
(electro) catalysis based approaches offer one of the methods for moving forward. In recent …

Self-limiting nitrogen/hydrogen plasma radical chemistry in plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of cobalt

J Liu, H Lu, DW Zhang, M Nolan - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cobalt (Co) is a potential candidate in replacing copper for interconnects and has been
applied in trenches in the semiconductor industry for over twenty years. A non-oxidizing …

In Vacuo XPS Study on Pt Growth by Atomic Layer Deposition Using MeCpPtMe3 and N2/NH3 Plasma

J Li, MM Minjauw, E Solano, G D'Acunto… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has been an attractive tool in the fabrication of Pt thin layers
and nanoparticles. In this work, the surface chemistry of Pt ALD through the MeCpPtMe3/N2 …

Enhanced Cu-Cu bonding for ultrahigh-density interconnection: Co passivation bonding with non-oxidation interfaces

X Qi, H Yan, X Yuan, Y Bai, T Suga, C Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Cu-based hybrid bonding, known for its high density and low latency, is widely applied in big
data throughput scenarios. However, Cu joints are prone to oxidation and perform poorly at …

Boosting Non-Oxide Interfacial Co/SiO2 Hybrid Bonding by Selective Surface Activation

X Qi, S Zhou, Y Ma, T Suga… - International Journal of …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to its superior nanoscale properties, cobalt (Co) is a highly desirable for ultrahigh-
density 3D integration into materials through metal/dielectric hybrid bonding. However, this …

Incorporation of tungsten or cobalt into TaN barrier layers controls morphology of deposited copper

CL Nies, M Nolan - Journal of Physics: Materials, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Progress in semiconductor devices, which has enabled the information and communications
technology explosion of the 21st century, has been driven by Moore's Law and the …

CoxMoNyOzHw microrods grown on Ni foam for large-current-density alkaline hydrogen evolution with ultralow overpotential

H Zhang, Z Zhang, X Hu, Y Li, J Bao, M Fang… - Journal of Solid State …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is presumed to be the most promising energy carrier for sustainable energy.
Herein, electrodes were made by thermal ammonolysis of CoMoO 4⋅ nH 2 O microrods …

Synthesis of fcc-Co from isostructural Co4N

S Seema, D Kumar, UP Deshpande… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This work demonstrates the synthesis of fcc-Co derived from an isostructural C o 4 N phase.
When deposited at high substrate temperature (⁠ T s⁠) or thermal annealing (⁠ T a⁠) …

Growth chemistry of cobalt nitride by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition

S O'Donnell, M Snelgrove, K Shiel… - Materials Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
State-of-the-art atomic layer deposition (ALD) and photoemission characterisation are
applied to grow and characterise cobalt nitride, a material that has applications in renewable …

Atomic layer deposition of thin films for silicon photoelectrode protection during solar water splitting

S O'Donnell - 2023 - doras.dcu.ie
Energy security and climate change have brought on an increasing demand and urgency for
the transition from fossil fuel dependency to more sustainable sources of renewable energy …