Amorphization and siliconization of silicon carbide as a first wall material by Aritra De, Jerome Guterl, Zachary Bergstrom, Tyler Abrams, Gregory Sinclair, John David Elder, Dmitry Rudakov

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Efficiency Enhancement of Nanoporous Silicon/Polycrystalline-Silicon Solar Cells by Application of Trenched Electrodes by Kuen-Hsien Wu, Chia-Chun Tang

“…Trenched electrodes were proposed to enhance the short-circuit current and conversion efficiency of polycrystalline-silicon (poly-Si) solar cells with nanoporous silicon (NPS) surface layers. …”
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On Face Index of Silicon Carbides by Xiujun Zhang, Ali Raza, Asfand Fahad, Muhammad Kamran Jamil, Muhammad Anwar Chaudhry, Zahid Iqbal

“…In this paper, we drive the analytical closed formulas of face index of silicon carbides Si2C3−Ia,b, Si2C3−IIa,b, Si2C3−IIIa,b, and SiC3−IIIa,b.…”
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Effect of Surface Treated Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles on Some Mechanical Properties of Maxillofacial Silicone Elastomer by Sara M. Zayed, Ahmad M. Alshimy, Amal E. Fahmy

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of adding different concentrations of surface treated silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2) on clinically important mechanical properties of a maxillofacial silicone elastomer. 147 specimens of the silicone elastomer were prepared and divided into seven groups (n=21). …”
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Advantages of N-Type Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon Oxide Films for Micromorph Silicon Solar Cells by Amornrat Limmanee, Songkiate Kittisontirak, Sorapong Inthisang, Taweewat Krajangsang, Jaran Sritharathikhun, Kobsak Sriprapha

“…We report on the development and application of n-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide films (n μc-SiO:H) in hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide/hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (a-SiO:H/μc-Si:H) micromorph solar cells. …”
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Study of an Amorphous Silicon Oxide Buffer Layer for p-Type Microcrystalline Silicon Oxide/n-Type Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and Their Temperature Dependence by Taweewat Krajangsang, Apichan Moollakorn, Sorapong Inthisang, Amornrat Limmanee, Kobsak Sriprapha, Nattaphong Boriraksantikul, Tianchai Taratiwat, Nirod Akarapanjavit, Jaran Sritharathikhun

“…Intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide (i-a-SiO:H) films were used as front and rear buffer layers in crystalline silicon heterojunction (c-Si-HJ) solar cells. …”
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Electronic Structure of Single-Wall Silicon Nanotubes and Silicon Nanoribbons: Helical Symmetry Treatment and Effect of Dimensionality by Pavol Baňacký, Jozef Noga, Vojtech Szöcs

“…Helical method of tube formation and Hartree-Fock SCF method modified for periodic solids have been applied in study of electronic properties of single-wall silicon nanotubes (SWSiNT), silicone sheet, and nanoribbons (SiNR). …”
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Porous Silicon Formation by Electrochemical Etching by Оrest Kuntyi, Galyna Zozulya, Mariana Shepida

“…Porous silicon (PSi) is used as an effective material in biomedicine, sensors, solar cells, electrochemical energy, microelectronics, and nanotechnology. …”
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Mathematical Model of Silicon Oxidation in Microelectronics by V. A. Bondarev

“…The paper involves analytical solutions and formulae for determination of the oxide film thickness in the silicon oxidation while using nitride mask. Calculations are based on solutions of a three-dimensional diffusion equation and new mathematical functions that are firstly defined by the author. …”
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APPLICATION OF ANTIFRICTION ALUMINIUM-SILICON ALLOY by V. Ju. Stetsenko, A. I. Rivkin

“…It is shown that antifriction aluminium-silicon alloy is perspective material for change of the parts of heavy and expensive bronze in different frictional units of machines and mechanisms.…”
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Photonic Properties of Silicon-Based Materials by Leonid Khriachtchev, Stefano Ossicini, Fabio Iacona, Fabrice Gourbilleau

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On Generalized Topological Indices of Silicon-Carbon by Xing-Long Wang, Jia-Bao Liu, Akbar Jahanbani, Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Nader Jafari Rad, Roslan Hasni

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Silicon and Hybrid Micro-Electronic Sensors by G. K. Steenvoorden, D. J. W. Noorlag, S. Middelhoek

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Characteristics of DSSC Panels with Silicone Encapsulant by Jun-Gu Kang, Jin-Hee Kim, Han-Bin Jang, Jun-Tae Kim

“…This paper proposes a paneling method that uses silicone encapsulant, analyzing the performance through experimentation. …”
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Near-Infrared All-Silicon Photodetectors by M. Casalino, G. Coppola, M. Iodice, I. Rendina, L. Sirleto

“…We report the fabrication and characterization of all-silicon photodetectors at 1550 nm based on the internal photoemission effect. …”
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The Role of Silicon Heterojunction and TCO Barriers on the Operation of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Comparison between Theory and Experiment by Yaser Abdulraheem, Moustafa Ghannam, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan Radhakrishnan, Ivan Gordon

“…Photovoltaic devices based on amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon (a-Si:H/c-Si) heterojunction interfaces hold the highest efficiency as of date in the class of silicon-based devices with efficiencies exceeding 26% and are regarded as a promising technology for large-scale terrestrial PV applications. …”
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Excellent Silicon Surface Passivation Achieved by Industrial Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposited Hydrogenated Intrinsic Amorphous Silicon Suboxide by Jia Ge, Muzhi Tang, Johnson Wong, Zhenhao Zhang, Torsten Dippell, Manfred Doerr, Oliver Hohn, Marco Huber, Peter Wohlfart, Armin G. Aberle, Thomas Mueller

“…We present an alternative method of depositing a high-quality passivation film for heterojunction silicon wafer solar cells, in this paper. The deposition of hydrogenated intrinsic amorphous silicon suboxide is accomplished by decomposing hydrogen, silane, and carbon dioxide in an industrial remote inductively coupled plasma platform. …”
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Crystal growth principles, methods, properties of silicon carbide and its new process prepared from silicon cutting waste by Shengqian Zhang, Yongsheng Ren, Xingwei Yang, Wenhui Ma, Hui Chen, Guoqiang Lv, Yun Lei, Yi Zeng, Zhengxing Wang, Bingxi Yu

Subjects: “…Silicon carbide…”
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NEW METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ALUNINUM SILICON ALLOYS by V. K. Afanasiev, E. L. Marukovich, M. N. Churik, V. V. Gertsen, A. V. Gorshenin, V. A. Samon

Subjects: “…synthetic alloys of aluminum and silicon, hydrogen, silica, mechanical properties, thermal expansion…”
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Terahertz Light-Field Imaging With Silicon Technologies by U. R. Pfeiffer, A. Kutaish

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