Thin Films

For the production of high-quality metal-halide perovskite thin-films for large area photovoltaic modules often optimized inks are used which contain a mixture of solvents. An HZB team at BESSY II has now analysed the crystallisation processes within such mixtures. A model has also been developed to more

The right indoor lighting can help set the mood, from a soft romantic glow to bright, stimulating colors. But some materials used for lighting, such as plastics, are not eco-friendly. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed a bio-based, luminescent, water-resistant wood film that could more

For the first time, a team at HZB has identified the atomic substructure of amorphous silicon with a resolution of 0.8 nanometres using X-ray and neutron scattering at BESSY II and BER II. Such a-Si:H thin films have been used for decades in solar cells, TFT displays, and detectors. The results show more

Materials, Vol. 11, Pages 1120: A Novel Method of Synthesizing Graphene for Electronic Device Applications Materials doi: 10.3390/ma11071120 Authors: Nierlly Galvão Getúlio Vasconcelos Rodrigo Pessoa João Machado Marciel Guerino Mariana Fraga Bruno Rodrigues Julien Camus Abd more

Alexandra Altier, Martín Jiménez-Piedrahita, Ramiro Uribe, Carlos Rey-Castro, Joan Cecília, Josep Galceran, Jaume Puy Environmental context. The availability of trace metals to aquatic organisms is influenced by the natural ligands present in water. We investigate the influence of the composition more

This paper demonstrates the use of phosphinecarboxamide (PCA) as a facile phosphorus precursor, which can be used alongside zinc acetate for the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of adherent and crystalline zinc phosphide films. Thin films of Zn3P2 have a number of potential applications and phosphin more