Improved Silicon Surface Passivation by ALD Al 2 O 3 /SiO 2 Multilayers with In‐Situ Plasma Treatments
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DOI: 10.1002/admi.202202469
Abstract: Al2O3 is one of the most effective dielectric surface passivation layers for silicon solar cells, but recent studies indicate that there is still room for improvement. Instead of a single layer, multilayers of only a… read more here.
Keywords: silicon surface; plasma treatments; surface passivation; passivation ... See more keywords
Scanning probe-based nanolithography: nondestructive structures fabricated on silicon surface via distinctive anisotropic etching in HF/HNO3 mixtures
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DOI: 10.1007/s10853-020-05452-2
Abstract: HF/HNO3 mixtures were typical isotropic etching systems for processing silicon (Si) surface, and still suffer from difficulties in controllably fabricating nanostructures. Here, fast and anisotropic etching approach with HF/HNO3 mixtures was developed to overcome this… read more here.
Keywords: anisotropic etching; distinctive anisotropic; silicon surface; hno3 mixtures ... See more keywords
Optimized nc-Si:H thin films with enhanced optoelectronic properties prepared by micro-waves PECVD used as an effective silicon surface passivation layer
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DOI: 10.1007/s10854-018-0508-9
Abstract: In this work we investigated a novel approach to elaborate hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) thin films using microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MW-PECVD) system, used as an efficient silicon surface passivation layer. We studied… read more here.
Keywords: passivation layer; thin films; surface; silicon surface ... See more keywords
Grafting of functionalized polymer on porous silicon surface using Grignard reagent
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.01.184
Abstract: Abstract Recently, considerable attention has been paid to the manipulation and the control of the physicochemical properties of porous silicon surfaces because of their crucial importance to the modern microelectronics industry. Hybrid structures consisting of… read more here.
Keywords: silicon surface; polymer; porous silicon; spectroscopy ... See more keywords
Approximately 30 nm Nanogroove Formation on Single Crystalline Silicon Surface under Pulsed Nanosecond Laser Irradiation.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01794
Abstract: Nanogrooves with a minimum feature size down to 30 nm (λ/26) can be formed directly on silicon surface by irradiation from two orthogonal polarized 1064 nm/10 ns fiber laser beams. The creation of such small… read more here.
Keywords: silicon surface; nanosecond laser; surface; laser irradiation ... See more keywords
Tiling the Silicon for Added Functionality: PLD Growth of Highly Crystalline STO and PZT on Graphene Oxide-Buffered Silicon Surface
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DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c17351
Abstract: The application of two-dimensional (2D) materials has alleviated a number of challenges of traditional epitaxy and pushed forward the integration of dissimilar materials. Besides acting as a seed layer for van der Waals epitaxy, the… read more here.
Keywords: silicon surface; layer; sto; graphene oxide ... See more keywords
Atomic White-Out: Enabling Atomic Circuitry through Mechanically Induced Bonding of Single Hydrogen Atoms to a Silicon Surface.
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DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b04238
Abstract: We report the mechanically induced formation of a silicon-hydrogen covalent bond and its application in engineering nanoelectronic devices. We show that using the tip of a noncontact atomic force microscope (NC-AFM), a single hydrogen atom… read more here.
Keywords: single hydrogen; hydrogen; bond; silicon surface ... See more keywords
Effect of nanostructured silicon on surface enhanced Raman scattering
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DOI: 10.1039/c8ra00014j
Abstract: Non-metallic materials are often employed in SERS systems by forming composite structures with SERS-active metal materials. However, the role of the non-metallic structures in these composites and the effect of them on the SERS enhancement… read more here.
Keywords: effect nanostructured; surface enhanced; enhanced raman; silicon surface ... See more keywords
Silicon surface patterning via galvanic microcontact imprinting lithography
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DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02459k
Abstract: The “ancient” galvanic effect opens up the possibility of silicon surface patterning in ordinary laboratories without expensive and sophisticated facilities. read more here.
Keywords: surface patterning; silicon surface; galvanic microcontact; via galvanic ... See more keywords
Characterization of silicon surface states at clean and copper contaminated condition via transient capacitance measurement
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DOI: 10.1063/1.5001117
Abstract: Silicon surface is one of the dominant recombination sites for silicon solar cells. Generally, the recombination ability of silicon surface is characterized in terms of surface recombination velocity. However, silicon surface actually contain a series… read more here.
Keywords: surface states; silicon surface; surface; transient capacitance ... See more keywords
Investigation on the impact of hydrogen on the passivation of silicon surface states in clean and copper contaminated conditions
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DOI: 10.1063/1.5122253
Abstract: Hydrogen is identified as a useful technique to passivate defects within crystalline silicon. However, the effect of hydrogen passivation for a silicon surface is normally characterized as a reduction in surface recombination velocity (SRV), which… read more here.
Keywords: surface; surface states; silicon surface; hydrogen passivation ... See more keywords