[HTML][HTML] The influence of hydrogen on the chemical, mechanical, optical/electronic, and electrical transport properties of amorphous hydrogenated boron carbide

BJ Nordell, S Karki, TD Nguyen, P Rulis… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Because of its high electrical resistivity, low dielectric constant (κ), high thermal neutron
capture cross section, and robust chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties, amorphous …

Confined germanium nanoparticles in an N-doped carbon matrix for high-rate and ultralong-life lithium ion batteries

S Fang, L Shen, H Zheng, Z Tong, G Pang, X Zhang - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, a relatively simple and direct method is used to prepare germanium
nanoparticles (Ge NPs) embedded in the pore tunnels of an N-doped mesoporous carbon …

Non‐hydrogenated amorphous germanium carbide with adjustable microstructure and properties: a potential anti‐reflection and protective coating for infrared …

J Han, C Jiang, J Zhu - Surface and interface analysis, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Amorphous non‐hydrogenated germanium carbide (a‐Ge1− xCx) films have been
deposited using magnetron co‐sputtering technique by varying the sputtering power of …

The surface topography, structural and mechanical properties of Ge1− xCx films prepared by magnetron co-sputtering

C Jiang, J Zhu, J Han, W Cao - Journal of non-crystalline solids, 2014 - Elsevier
Non-hydrogenated germanium carbide (Ge 1− x C x) films were prepared by magnetron co-
sputtering method in a discharge of Ar. The surface topography, chemical bonding …

Nonthermal plasma synthesized boron-doped germanium nanocrystals

TH Yuan, XD Pi, D Yang - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Do** enables the effective tuning of the properties of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs).
In this paper, germanium (Ge) NCs are doped with boron (B) in nonthermal plasma. It is …

A review of self-seeded germanium nanowires: synthesis, growth mechanisms and potential applications

A Garcia-Gil, S Biswas, JD Holmes - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ge nanowires are playing a big role in the development of new functional microelectronic
modules, such as gate-all-around field-effect transistor devices, on-chip lasers and …

Growth and thermal annealing of amorphous germanium carbide obtained by X-ray chemical vapor deposition

C Demaria, P Benzi, A Arrais, E Bottizzo… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - Springer
The growth of amorphous hydrogenated germanium carbide (a-GeCx: H) alloys was
performed with high deposition rates by radiolysis chemical vapor deposition (X-ray) of …

Vegard's-law-like dependence of the activation energy of blistering on the x composition in hydrogenated a-SixGe1-x

M Serényi, C Frigeri, R Schiller - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018 - Elsevier
Surface quality is a key issue in semiconductor structures for device applications. Typical
surface defects are blisters. Here we investigate on the relationship between the activation …

On the mechanisms of hydrogen-induced blistering in RF-sputtered amorphous Ge

M Serényi, C Frigeri, A Csik, NQ Khánh, A Németh… - …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogenated amorphous germanium, a-Ge: H, is a material of interest for optoelectronic
applications such as solar cells and radiation detectors because of the material's potential to …

Effects of hydrogen incorporation on structural, optical and electrical properties of germanium carbon films prepared with RF magnetron co-sputtering

Y Li, C Li, Z Xu, Z Liu - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogenated amorphous germanium carbon (a-Ge 1-x C x: H) films were deposited by
using magnetron co-sputtering starting from a mixed target of germanium and graphite in Ar …