Semiconductors are well known as the main materials of modem solid-state electronics.
They have held the attention of researches and engineers since the brilliant invention of the …

Magnesium siliside (Mg2Si) crystals have been grown using the vertical Bridgman method
in a non-wetting growth environment, achieved by the use of an anti-adhesion coating on …

We have grown Mg2Si bulk crystals by the vertical Bridgman method using a high-purity Mg
(6N-up) source. The grown crystals were single-phase Mg2Si and had well-developed …

We have studied intrinsic point defects in magnesium silicide, Mg 2 Si, by density-functional
theory. Evaluating the formation energies of point defects, we show that n-type electric …

Abstract n-Mg 2 Si/p-Si heterojunction solar cell with a 1.4 µm thick unintentionally doped
(n= 3× 10 17 cm− 3) silicide epitaxial layer on p-Si (1 1 1)(p= 5× 10 14 cm− 3) was grown by …

We fabricated pn-junction diodes by thermal diffusion of Ag acceptor into n-type melt-grown
Mg2Si single-crystalline substrates (electron concentration= 2× 1015cm− 3) to investigate …

In an attempt to develop a low-cost material for solar cell devices, polycrystalline magnesium
silicide (poly-Mg 2 Si) semiconducting layers have been prepared by applying rf magnetron …

This paper reports a study of the mechanical behavior of single-crystal bulk Mg 2 Si by the
molecular dynamics method in view of the effect of temperature and strain rate. A modified …

Silicon (Si) nanoparticles embedded in a Mg2Si matrix (Mg2Si/xSi) have been successfully
synthesized at 623 K from MgH2 and Bi containing Si nanoparticle powders. The use of …

We conduct a comprehensive assessment of the electronic and optical properties, as well as
photovoltaic (PV) performance parameters, for low-cost, nontoxic Mg 2 Si and Ca 2 Si using …