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We demonstrate a novel type of solar cell, one that uses fixed negative charges, formed at the interface of n-Si with Al2O3, to generate strong inversion at the Si surface by electrostatic repulsion. Built-in voltages of up to 755 mV are…
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We report on first principles calculations of superconductivity in a single layer of lead on a silicon substrate including a full treatment of phononic and RPA screened coulomb interactions within the parameter free framework of Density…
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We study the optical and electrical properties of silver films with a graded thickness obtained through metallic evaporation in vacuum on a tilted substrate to evaluate their use as semitransparent electrical contacts. We measure their…
This paper presents an experimental study on thermal transport to single water droplets evaporating on heated bi-phobic surfaces consisting of a superhydrophobic matrix with a circular hydrophobic pattern with strong contact line pinning. A…
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The simulations of field-evaporation processes for silicon atoms on various Si(001) surfaces are implemented using the first-principles calculations based on the real-space finite-difference method. We find that the atoms which locate on…
The temperature dependences of the total, crystal lattice and electronic thermal conductivities were investigated in films of topological insulators p-Bi$_{0.5}$Sb$_{1.5}$Te$_{3}$ and p-Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ formed by discrete and thermal…
Achieving high performance in transition-metal-dichalcogenide-based optoelectronic devices is challenging -- the realization of an efficient electrical contacting scheme should not be obtained at the expense of their optical quality. Here…
We study the dynamics of contact angle of a droplet of binary solution evaporating on a super wetting surface. Recent experiments show that although equilibrium contact angle of such droplet is zero, the contract angle can show complex time…
We introduce a simple method of an MgB2 film preparation using sequential electron-beam evaporation of B-Mg two-layer (followed by in-situ annealing) on the NbN buffered Si(100) substrate. The Transmission Electron Microscopy analyses…
The interface between a metal electrode and an organic semiconductor (OS) layer has a defining role in the properties of the resulting device. To obtain a desired performance, interlayers are introduced to modify the adhesion and growth of…