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  • Thermally-stable amorphous metal thin films

    Creator:
    McGlone, John M.
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    Amorphous metal thin films (AMTFs) are of potential use for metal-insulator-metal (MIM) tunnel diode applications due to their ultra-smooth surfaces, a consequence of their amorphous microstructure. The objective of this thesis is to design a thermally-stable AMTF capable of maintaining MIM tunnel diode performance after a post-deposition anneal in excess...
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    were essential for this work. Rick Presley and Chris Tasker made this work possible by providing

  • Solution-based nanomaterials and thin films for next generation electronics

    Creator:
    Oleksak, Richard P.
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    Nanomaterials are expected to enable significant advances in several technological fields in coming years. Among them, electronics has emerged as one of the most likely benefactors from the ability to control matter on the nanometer-scale. For many electronic devices synthesized nanomaterials must be integrated into thin film structures. Vapor-based deposition...
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    Dissertation
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    efforts which have been critical to the Center’s continued success. Our Rutgers colleagues Prof. Rick

  • Inorganic thin-film solar cells

    Creator:
    Spies, Jack Alexander
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    The primary objective of this thesis is to explore new absorber and p-type window layer materials for thin-film solar cell applications. A new thin-film electron beam deposition system has been installed, is now operational, and has been used to deposit several types of solar cell absorber layers. Material investigations include...
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    assistance is this work. Addi- tionally, I would like to thank Eric Sundholm, Rick Presley, and Manfred

  • Development of high efficiency solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Ravichandran, Ram
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    Current cadmium telluride and copper indium gallium diselenide thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) utilize thick absorbers (2 - 4 μm). For efficient carrier extraction in these TFSCs, the absorber layer requires high carrier mobilities and a long minority carrier lifetime, which necessitates the use of a high purity, defect-free thin film....
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    Dissertation
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    very thankful to Chris Tasker, Rick Presley, and Manfred Dittirich who help maintain the cleanroom

  • Atomic solid state energy scale applied to novel thin-film solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Pelatt, Brian D.
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    The atomic solid state energy (SSE) scale is introduced as a tool for inorganic materials design. The SSE scale is obtained by assessing an average electron affinity (EA) (for a cation) or an average ionization potential (IP) (for an anion) for each atom using data from compounds having that specific...
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    Chris Tasker and Rick Pres- ley, who kept the clean room running and helped to develop processes and