Computational Investigations on CZTS Thin-Film Layers Adopting Grating Structures

Investigations of Thin Liquid Layers between Solid

By a special method the disjoining pressure of water caused by a molecular long range orienta­ tion between fully hydroxylated and highly polished fused silica surfaces at different temperatures (0 — 74 °C) and plate distances ^ 1000 A was determined. Four marked maxima were found at about 15°, 32°, 45°, and 61 °C for not too small plate distances. At these temperatures many authors have detect...

Wurtzite CZTS nanocrystals and phase evolution to kesterite thin film for solar energy harvesting.

A quaternary indium- and gallium-free kesterite (KS)-based compound, copper zinc tin sulfide (Cu2ZnSnS4, CZTS), has received significant attention for its potential applications in low cost and sustainable solar cells. It is well known that the reaction time, reactivity of the precursors, and types of capping ligands used during the synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) strongly influence t...

Hydrogen plasma treatment of silicon thin-film structures and nanostructured layers

The review concentrates on the analysis of the RF hydrogen plasma effect on thin-film metal-dioxide-silicon and silicon-dioxide silicon structures which are a modern basis of microand nanoelectronics. The especial attention is paid to athermic mechanisms of transformation of defects in dioxide, SiO2-Si interface and SiO2-Si nanocrystal ones and thin layers of silicon; atomic hydrogen influence ...

Systematically Creased Thin-Film Membrane Structures

This paper presents a study of a square membrane, creased according to theMiura-ori folding pattern.When the membrane is allowed to expand from its packaged configuration, it initially expands elastically under zero corner forces. Starting from this naturally expanded configuration, the paper investigates the stress distribution and the load-displacement relationship when in-plane, diagonal loa...

Innovative Elastic Thin-Film Solar Cell Structures