A comprehensive review of flexible cadmium telluride solar cells with back surface field layer

NI Ahmad, YB Kar, C Doroody, TS Kiong, KS Rahman… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Recent advancements in CdTe solar cell technology have introduced the integration of
flexible substrates, providing lightweight and adaptable energy solutions for various …

Nanobubbles and physical-mechanical properties of the Ti-Ni-Ta-Si-based metallic glass surface alloy fabricated on a TiNi SMA substrate by additive thin-film electron …

FA D'yachenko, VO Semin, AR Shugurov… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
An additive thin-film electron-beam method for the synthesis of micron-thick surface alloys is
a promising method for modifying the surface layers of metallic materials. This method …

Ion Beam-Mediated Defect Engineering in TiOx Thin Films for Controlled Resistive Switching Property and Application

D Hasina, M Kumar, R Singh, SA Mollick… - ACS Applied …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Defect density and its migration under the influence of an applied electric field plays a
crucial role for memristors toward designing a fundamental element of neuromorphic …

Changes in Structural and Optical Properties of TiO2 Thin Films Irradiated by Various Doses of 300 keV Carbon Ions

S Jabbar, H Asif, R Ahmad, S Sharif, IA Khan… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Springer
TiO2 thin films are synthesized by using DC magnetron sputtering system on Si (100)
substrates and then annealed in a muffled furnace at 450° C. Annealed samples are …

TEM study of bubble formation in Ti–Ta–Si–Ni metallic glass surface alloy on TiNi SMA substrate during additive thin-film electron-beam synthesis

VP Rotshtein, VO Semin, SN Meisner, LL Meisner… - Vacuum, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Ti–Ta-based metallic glass surface alloys (MGSAs) with attractive surface
properties were successfully synthesized on TiNi substrates by additive pulsed melting of …

Effect of Metal-Precursor Stacking Order on Volume-Defect Formation in CZTSSe Thin Film: Formation Mechanism of Blisters and Nanopores

SY Kim, SH Kim, DH Son, H Yoo, S Kim… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, we investigated the effect of the stacking order of metal precursors on the
formation of volume defects, such as blisters and nanopores, in CZTSSe thin-film solar cells …

He bubble-induced phase transformation of W grain boundaries revealed by accelerated molecular dynamics

P Hatton, D Perez, T Frolov, BP Uberuaga - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The growth of He bubbles and the resulting impact on the microstructural evolution of W are
of paramount importance to the plasma-facing materials community due to the application of …

Changes in dislocation punching behavior due to hydrogen-seeded helium bubble growth in tungsten

P Hatton, D Perez, BP Uberuaga - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
The accumulation of gas atoms in tungsten is a topic of long-standing interest to the plasma-
facing materials community due the metal's use as a divertor material in some tokamak …

Synergistic Effect of He for the Fabrication of Ne and Ar Gas-Charged Silicon Thin Films as Solid Targets for Spectroscopic Studies

A Fernández, V Godinho, J Ávila, MC Jiménez de Haro… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Sputtering of silicon in a He magnetron discharge (MS) has been reported as a bottom-up
procedure to obtain He-charged silicon films (ie, He nanobubbles encapsulated in a silicon …

Sputtered Amorphous Silicon Thin Films Exhibiting Low Argon Working Gas Content and High Film Density

CH Chung - Electronic Materials Letters, 2024 - Springer
To achieve high-quality sputtered amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin films with low argon (Ar)
working gas atom content and high film density, the effects of on Ar gas content and film …