As the most fundamental material for microelectronics, silicon (Si) has bourgeoned in the
past more than half a century. However, given the indirect bandgap of Si, the use of Si in …

Silicon nanocrystals have been widely investigated for several years because of their many
interesting properties and their potential use in several applications. This field has grown …

The idea of the quantum dot solar cell, which provides a novel direction to the high-efficiency
solar cell problem, is developed. A theoretical model is presented for a practical pin …

We fabricated pin diodes by sputtering alternating layers of silicon dioxide and silicon rich
oxide with a nominal atomic ratio O/Si= 0.7 onto quartz substrates with in situ boron for p …

Physicochemical properties of both dry and wet milled boron particles with sub-micron sizes
were investigated. Milling process was performed in N 2 atmosphere and the mass ratio of …

The ability to incorporate a dopant element into silicon nanocrystals (NC) and quantum dots
(QD) is one of the key technical challenges for the use of these materials in a number of …

Do** of Si quantum dots is important in the field of Si quantum dots-based solar cells.
Structural, optical and electrical properties of Si QDs formed as multilayers in a SiO2 matrix …

In the past decades, group IV nanowires and nanoparticles have been the subject of
extensive research. Beside tremendous progress in morphological control and integration in …

Silicon quantum dot (Si QD) solar cells offer the potential to tune the effective band gap
through quantum confinement and hence allow fabrication of optimised tandem devices in …

First-principles study of boron (B)-doped silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) at 0 K in the
framework of density functional theory has been carried out. It is found that B prefers residing …