This review article gives a comprehensive compilation of recent developments in low
temperature deposited poly Si films, also known as microcrystalline silicon. Important …

Silicon is one of the main components of commercial solar cells and is used in many other
solar‐light‐harvesting devices. The overall efficiency of these devices can be increased by …

This contribution describes the introduction of hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:
H) as novel absorber material for thin-film silicon solar cells. Work done at IMT Neuchâtel in …

Energy filtering has been widely considered as a suitable tool to increase the thermoelectric
performances of several classes of materials. In its essence, energy filtering provides a way …

“Micromorph” tandem solar cells consisting of a microcrystalline silicon bottom cell and an
amorphous silicon top cell are considered as one of the most promising new thin-film silicon …

This paper is a review of the catalytic chemical vapor deposition (Cat-CVD) method and
properties of silicon-based thin films, such as amorphous-silicon (a-Si), polycrystalline …

We describe how high-quality intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H), as well as
purely intrinsic single-phase hydrogenated polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si: H), can be …

Microcrystalline silicon (⁠ μ c-Si: H) of superior quality can be prepared using the hot-wire
chemical-vapor deposition method (HWCVD). At a low substrate temperature (TS) of 185 C …

One of the major bottlenecks towards the development of the Na-ion battery system is that
graphitic carbon (the commonly used anode material for the Li-ion system) is not suitable for …

Amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a‐Si: H) was deposited by SiH4 decomposition on a hot
tungsten filament. The substrate temperature was held at 400° C for all samples, maintaining …