Behaviour of Parallel Coupled Microstrip Band Pass Filter and Simple Microstripline due to Thin-Film Al2O3 Overlay by S. B. Rane, Vijaya Puri

“…The X-band behaviour of a seven-section parallel-coupled microstrip band pass filter and microstripline due to thin-film Al2O3 overlay of different thickness is reported in this paper. …”
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Charge trapping in SiO2 substrate during electron beam deposition of CaF2 thin films of different thicknesses by Marina Romanova, Sergii Chertopalov, Yuri Dekhtyar, Ladislav Fekete, Ján Lančok, Michal Novotný, Petr Pokorný, Anatoli I. Popov, Hermanis Sorokins, Aleksandr Vilken

“…The charge trapping phenomenon in the SiO2 layer of Si/SiO2 substrates during the electron beam deposition of CaF2 thin films of varying thicknesses (50–277 nm) was studied. …”
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Development of a Paper-Based Disposal Thin-Film Solid-Phase Microextraction Tool for the Quantification of Environmentally Hazardous 4‑Chlorophenol in Water by Harshika Poojary, Partha Pratim Das, Sophia Koo, Chiranjit Ghosh

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Homotopy Perturbation Method for Thin Film Flow and Heat Transfer over an Unsteady Stretching Sheet with Internal Heating and Variable Heat Flux by I-Chung Liu, Ahmed M. Megahed

“…We have analyzed the effects of variable heat flux and internal heat generation on the flow and heat transfer in a thin film on a horizontal sheet in the presence of thermal radiation. …”
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Electrochemical Characterization of Nanoporous Nickel Oxide Thin Films Spray-Deposited onto Indium-Doped Tin Oxide for Solar Conversion Scopes by Muhammad Awais, Denis P. Dowling, Franco Decker, Danilo Dini

“…Nonstoichiometric nickel oxide (NiOx) has been deposited as thin film utilizing indium-doped tin oxide as transparent and electrically conductive substrate. …”
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Structural Modification of Sol-Gel Synthesized V2O5 and TiO2 Thin Films with/without Erbium Doping by Fatma Pınar Gökdemir, Ayşe Evrim Saatci, Orhan Özdemir, Kubilay Kutlu

“…Comparative work of with/without erbium- (Er-) doped vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films were carried out via sol-gel technique by dissolving erbium (III) nitrate pentahydrate (Er(NO3)3·5H2O) in vanadium (V) oxoisopropoxide (OV[OCH(CH3)2]3) and titanium (IV) isopropoxide (Ti[OCH(CH3)2]4). …”
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Bi2O3–BiOCl/poly-m-methyl aniline nanocomposite thin film for broad-spectrum light-sensing by Ben Gouider Trabelsi Amira, Alkallas Fatemah H., Kusmartsev Fedor V., Rabia Mohamed

“…The fabrication of a Bi(iii) oxide-Bi(iii) oxychloride/poly-m-methyl aniline (Bi2O3–BiOCl/PmMA) nanocomposite thin-film optoelectronic device capable of light-sensing across a broad spectrum, spanning both visible and ultraviolet wavelengths, has been accomplished. …”
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Electrical Characteristics of Solution-Based Thin-Film Transistors with a Zinc-Tin Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Stacked Nanocomposite Active Layer by Yong-Jae Kim, Woon-Seop Choi

“…A stacked nanocomposite zinc-tin oxide/single-walled carbon nanotubes (ZTO/SWNTs) active layer was fabricated for thin-film transistors (TFTs) as an alternative to the conventional single-layer structure of mixed ZTO and SWNTs. …”
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High-Performance Hydrogen Sensing at Room Temperature via Nb-Doped Titanium Oxide Thin Films Fabricated by Micro-Arc Oxidation by Chilou Zhou, Zhiqiu Ye, Yue Tan, Zhenghua Wu, Xinyi Guo, Yinglin Bai, Xuying Xie, Zilong Wu, Ji’an Feng, Yao Xu, Bo Deng, Hao Wu

“…This study investigates Nb-doped TiO₂ (NTO) thin films prepared via a one-step micro-arc oxidation (MAO) with the addition of Nb₂O₅ nanoparticles into the electrolyte for room-temperature hydrogen sensing. …”
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Influence of phonon anharmonicity on Raman spectra of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 polycrystalline thin films through computational study by Yurii A. Romaniuk, Ivan S. Babichuk, Vadym V. Korotyeyev, Volodymyr O. Yukhymchuk, Volodymyr M. Dzhagan, Sergiy V. Virko, Mykola O. Semenenko, Maksym O. Stetsenko, Anton Tiutiunnyk, Laura M. Pérez, David Laroze

“…Abstract Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZT(S,Se)) thin films exhibit the characteristics necessary to be effective absorbers in solar cells. …”
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Wet-Chemical Surface Texturing of Sputter-Deposited ZnO:Al Films as Front Electrode for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells by Xia Yan, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Armin G. Aberle

“…Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) play a major role as the front electrodes of thin-film silicon (Si) solar cells, as they can provide optical scattering and hence improved photon absorption inside the devices. …”
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Building up Graphene-Based Conductive Polymer Composite Thin Films Using Reduced Graphene Oxide Prepared by γ-Ray Irradiation by Siyuan Xie, Bowu Zhang, Chunlei Wang, Ziqiang Wang, Linfan Li, Jingye Li

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Study of Electrical Transport Properties of Thin Films Used as HTL and as Active Layer in Organic Solar Cells, through Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements by Camilo A. Otalora, Andres F. Loaiza, Gerardo Gordillo

“…In addition, it was found that the electrical properties of P3HT:PCBM thin films can be improved by removing the solvent slowly which is achieved by increasing the pressure inside the system of spin-coating during the film growth.…”
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C-V Calculations in CdS/CdTe Thin Films Solar Cells with a CdSxTe1-x Interlayer by A. Gonzalez-Cisneros, F. L. Castillo-Alvarado, J. Ortiz-Lopez, G. Contreras-Puente

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Effect of Multijunction Approach on Electrical Measurements of Silicon and Germanium Alloy Based Thin-Film Solar Cell Using AMPS-1D by Somenath Chatterjee, Sumeet Singh, Himangshu Pal

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Design and Simulation of an Environment-Friendly ZrS2/CuInS2 Thin Film Solar Cell Using SCAPS 1D Software by Sunirmal Kumar Biswas, Monira Khanom Mim, Md. Mostak Ahmed

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Light Scattering and Current Enhancement for Microcrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells on Aluminium-Induced Texture Glass Superstrates with Double Texture by Yunfeng Yin, Nasim Sahraei, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Sonya Calnan, Sven Ring, Bernd Stannowski, Rutger Schlatmann, Armin G. Aberle, Rolf Stangl

“…Microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) thin-film solar cells are processed on glass superstrates having both micro- and nanoscale surface textures. …”
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H2O/O2 Vapor Annealing Effect on Spin Coating Alumina Thin Films for Passivation of Silicon Solar Cells by Abdullah Uzum, Hiroyuki Kanda, Takuma Noguchi, Yuya Nakazawa, Shota Taniwaki, Yasushi Hotta, Yuichi Haruyama, Naoyuki Shibayama, Seigo Ito

“…Aluminum acetylacetonate-based AlOx thin films were introduced as a low-cost, high-quality passivation layers for crystalline silicon solar cells. …”
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A thin film optoelectronic photodetector of spherical and linear resonators via one-pot synthesis of Bi(III) oxide/polypyrrole nanocomposite by Fatemah H. Alkallas, Mohamed Rabia, Fedor V. Kusmartsev, Amira Ben Gouider Trabelsi

“…Abstract We report the fabrication and characterization of a Bi(III) oxide/polypyrrole (Bi2O3/Ppy) nanocomposite thin film optoelectronic photodetector synthesized by a simple one-pot method. …”
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Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Mn-Doped Bi₂Te₃ Thin Films via Magnetron Sputtering by Joshua Bibby, Angadjit Singh, Emily Heppell, Jack Bollard, Barat Achinuq, Sarah J. Haigh, Gerrit van der Laan, Thorsten Hesjedal

“…This study reports the structural and magnetic properties of Mn-doped <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>Bi</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mi>Te</mi><mn>3</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> thin films grown by magnetron sputtering. The films exhibit a ferromagnetic response that depends on the Mn doping concentration, as revealed by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements. …”
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