Flexible, Front-Facing Luminescent Solar Concentrators Fabricated from Lumogen F Red 305 and Polydimethylsiloxane by Ian A. Carbone, Katelynn R. Frawley, Melissa K. McCann

“…The bulk-doped and thin-film devices produced light gains of 1.86 and 1.89, respectively, demonstrating that flexible designs can be developed without sacrificing power production. …”
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Finite Conductivity Effects in Electrostatic Force Microscopy on Thin Dielectric Films: A Theoretical Model by E. Castellano-Hernández, G. M. Sacha

“…A study of the electrostatic force between an Electrostatic Force Microscope tip and a dielectric thin film with finite conductivity is presented. By using the Thomas-Fermi approximation and the method of image charges, we calculate the electrostatic potential and force as a function of the thin film screening length, which is a magnitude related to the amount of free charge in the thin film and is defined as the maximum length that the electric field is able to penetrate in the sample. …”
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Design and Analysis of Target Simulator Using All Spherical System with High Matching Rate by Shijie Li, Xiaojing Zhang, Kai Zhao, Zihuai Li, Xiong Li, Lumin Zhao, Jin Zhang, Changlong Cai

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Development and Validation of Chronopotentiometric Method for Imidacloprid Determination in Pesticide Formulations and River Water Samples by Ana Đurović, Zorica Stojanović, Snežana Kravić, Nada Grahovac, Vojislava Bursić, Gorica Vuković, Zvonimir Suturović

“…A new electrochemical method for determination of imidacloprid using chronopotentiometry on thin film mercury and glassy carbon electrode was presented. …”
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Effect of Discrete Levels Width Error on the Optical Performance of the Diffractive Binary Lens by Manal Alshami, Mohamed Fawaz Mousselly, Anas Wabby

“…The thin film deposition technique errors considered are metallic mask fabrication errors. …”
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Enhanced Light Scattering by Preferred Orientation Control of Ga Doped ZnO Films Prepared through MOCVD by Long Giang Bach, Nam Giang Nguyen, Van Thi Thanh Ho

“…Thus, the obtained GZO films deposited over ZnO buffer layer have high potential for use as front TCO layers in Si-based thin film solar cells. These results could develop the potential way to fabricate TCO based ZnO thin film using MOCVD or sputtering techniques by depositing a low temperature ZnO layer to serve as a template for high temperature GZO film growth. …”
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Dielectric Spectroscopy Analyses of SrBi4Ti4O15 Films Obtained from Soft Chemical Solution by A. Z. Simões, C. S. Riccardi

“…SrBi4Ti4O15 (SBTi) thin films were deposited by the polymeric precursor method on Pt bottom electrodes. …”
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Optical and Structural Investigation of CdSe Quantum Dots Dispersed in PVA Matrix and Photovoltaic Applications by Pallabi Phukan, Dulen Saikia

“…The XRD analysis reveals that CdSe/PVA nanocomposite thin film has a hexagonal (wurtzite) structure. A prototype thin film solar cell of CdSe/CdTe has been synthesized and its photovoltaic parameters were measured.…”
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Qualitative Behaviour of Solutions in Two Models of Thin Liquid Films by Matthew Michal, Marina Chugunova, Roman Taranets

“…For the thin-film model of a viscous flow which originates from lubrication approximation and has a full nonlinear curvature term, we prove existence of nonnegative weak solutions. …”
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Performance Comparison of Thin and Thick Film Microstrip Rejection Filters by M. M. Mandhare, S. A. Gangal, M. S. Setty, R. N. Karekar

“…A thick film technique is capable of giving good adhesive films with comparable d.c. sheet resistivity, but other parameters such as open area (porosity), particle size, and edge definition are inferior to thin-film microstrip filters. Despite this drawback, the average value of transmission, transmission loss, reflection coefficient, resonant rejection frequency, and quality factor for thick-film filters indicate that screen printed Ag films are intermediate between thin-film1,2,9 and etched-thick-film9 microstrip filters in performance, making it a feasible method for microstrip circuits.…”
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Optimization of the Shell Thickness of the ZnO/CdS Core-Shell Nanowire Arrays in a CZTS Absorber by Chonge Wang, Boubacar Drame, Lucien Niare, Fu Yuegang

“…The relationship between the average increase in absorption rates and CdS shell thickness (compared to the thin film) reveals that the optimum thickness with the maximum average absorption rate (39.95%) compared to thin film is 30 nm. …”
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Cobalt (II) phthalocyanine derived Co3O4@HCNFs as highly effective bifunctional electrocatalysts for iodide redox couple reduction (IRR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by Ziyu Guo, Wenyu Gong, Jianing Guo, Mingxing Wu

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Design of a Highly Efficient Subwavelength Antireflective Structure for Solar Cells by Lin Chen, Zhao Huang

“…An efficient optical antireflective (AR) structure plays a vital role in high-performance thin-film solar cells. Here, we design a surface relief AR structure consisting of a two-dimensional (2D) array of a subwavelength ring and pillar-shaped feature, capable of suppressing optical reflection over a wide spectral window of the solar spectrum. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Cross-linkable Viologen Derivatives by Şölen Ayaşlıgil, Sermet Koyuncu

“…According to the UV-Vis absorption spectra, it is seen that they only absorb in the UV region below 400 nm in both solution and thin film. Thin films of ALV-Br salt were then spray coated in the presence of a tetrathiol-based crosslinker (pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercapto-propionate).In the final step, the surface morphology of the crosslinked thin film was examined by Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and compared with the results of the non-crosslinked one. …”
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Inhibition of Anti-Reflection Film Cracks on Plastic Substrates Using Nanolaminate Layer Deposition in Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition by Chi-Chieh Wang, Cheng-Fu Wang, Meng-Chi Li, Li-Chen Su, Chien-Cheng Kuo

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Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with a 3D Nanostructured Electrode by Guo-Yang Chen, Ming-Way Lee, Gou-Jen Wang

“…RF magnetron sputtering was then used to deposit a 3D nanostructured ITO thin film on the template. The crystallinity and conductivity of the 3D ITO films were further enhanced by annealing. …”
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Long Wavelength Plasmonic Absorption Enhancement in Silicon Using Optical Lithography Compatible Core-Shell-Type Nanowires by Mohammed Shahriar Sabuktagin, Khairus Syifa Hamdan, Khaulah Sulaiman, Rozalina Zakaria, Harith Ahmad

“…Plasmonic properties of rectangular core-shell type nanowires embedded in thin film silicon solar cell structure were characterized using FDTD simulations. …”
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Development of HfO₂-Based Solar-Blind SAW UV-C Sensor for Corona Discharge Detection Application by Hyunho Lee, Faisal Nawaz, Eeunsun Shim, Jinjae Lee, Cheol Choi, Keekeun Lee

“…COMSOL simulations were conducted to investigate the effect of UV-C exposure on the HfO₂ thin film, highlighting its contribution to conductivity changes. …”
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Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Films and Solar Cell Precursors Using the Aluminum-Induced Glass Texturing Method by Nasim Sahraei, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Premachandran Vayalakkara, Armin G. Aberle

“…One of the key issues of thin-film silicon solar cells is their limited optical absorptance due to the thin absorber layer and the low absorption coefficient for near-infrared wavelengths. …”
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Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Glucose at Glucose Oxidase-Cobalt Phthalocyanine-Modified Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode by Takeshi Kondo, Masaru Horitani, Makoto Yuasa

“…A poly(p-phenylenediamine) (PPD) thin film containing GOx was coated on the CoPc-BDD electrode surface via electropolymerization. …”
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