Using an Airbrush Pen for Layer-by-Layer Growth of Continuous Perovskite Thin Films for Hybrid Solar Cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 2359-2366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Ramesh ◽  
Karunakara Moorthy Boopathi ◽  
Tzu-Yen Huang ◽  
Yu-Ching Huang ◽  
Cheng-Si Tsao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Hybrid Solar Cells

Hybrid solar cells of layer-by-layer thin films with a polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction

2009 ◽  
Vol 93 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 762-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohji Masuda ◽  
Michihiro Ogawa ◽  
Hideo Ohkita ◽  
Hiroaki Benten ◽  
Shinzaburo Ito
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Hybrid Solar Cells

scholarly journals Modeling the Layer-by-Layer Growth of HKUST-1 Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1631
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Yohanes Pramudya ◽  
Wolfgang Wenzel ◽  
Christof Wöll
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Deposition Rate ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Structural Defects ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Reactant Concentration ◽  
Metal Organic

Metal organic frameworks have emerged as an important new class of materials with many applications, such as sensing, gas separation, drug delivery. In many cases, their performance is limited by structural defects, including vacancies and domain boundaries. In the case of MOF thin films, surface roughness can also have a pronounced influence on MOF-based device properties. Presently, there is little systematic knowledge about optimal growth conditions with regard to optimal morphologies for specific applications. In this work, we simulate the layer-by-layer (LbL) growth of the HKUST-1 MOF as a function of temperature and reactant concentration using a coarse-grained model that permits detailed insights into the growth mechanism. This model helps to understand the morphological features of HKUST-1 grown under different conditions and can be used to predict and optimize the temperature for the purpose of controlling the crystal quality and yield. It was found that reactant concentration affects the mass deposition rate, while its effect on the crystallinity of the generated HKUST-1 film is less pronounced. In addition, the effect of temperature on the surface roughness of the film can be divided into three regimes. Temperatures in the range from 10 to 129 °C allow better control of surface roughness and film thickness, while film growth in the range of 129 to 182 °C is characterized by a lower mass deposition rate per cycle and rougher surfaces. Finally, for T larger than 182 °C, the film grows slower, but in a smooth fashion. Furthermore, the potential effect of temperature on the crystallinity of LbL-grown HKUST-1 was quantified. To obtain high crystallinity, the operating temperature should preferably not exceed 57 °C, with an optimum around 28 °C, which agrees with experimental observations.

Direct Layer-by-Layer Growth of Crystalline Ag-TCNQ Thin Films on Functionalized Au Substrate: How Critical Is the pH of Ag(I) Solution?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 10548-10551
Author(s):  
Aswani Sathish Lathika ◽  
Shammi Rana ◽  
Anupam Prasoon ◽  
Pooja Sindhu ◽  
Debashree Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Layer By Layer

scholarly journals Narrow growth window for stoichiometric, layer-by-layer growth of LaAlO3 thin films using pulsed laser deposition

2016 ◽  
Vol 443 ◽  
pp. 50-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Golalikhani ◽  
Q.Y. Lei ◽  
M.A. Wolak ◽  
B.A. Davidson ◽  
X.X. Xi
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Pulsed Laser Deposition ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Laser Deposition ◽  
Layer By Layer

Wet Imprinting of Channel-Type Superstructures in Nanostructured Titania Thin Films at Low Temperatures for Hybrid Solar Cells

ChemSusChem ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1179-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Song ◽  
Tianyi Wang ◽  
Volker Körstgens ◽  
Weijia Wang ◽  
Nitin Saxena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Hybrid Solar Cells ◽  
Nanostructured Titania ◽  
Channel Type

Fabrication of [Cu2(bdc)2(bpy)]n thin films using coordination modulation-assisted layer-by-layer growth

CrystEngComm ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1546-1552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruhollah Khajavian ◽  
Kamal Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Modulation Method ◽  
Layer By Layer

We take the advantage of the layer-by-layer process to adapt it to the coordination modulation method to fabricate highly oriented [Cu2(bdc)2(bpy)]n films.

Layer-by-Layer Growth Control of Metal–Organic Framework Thin Films Assembled on Polymer Films

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (45) ◽  
pp. 50784-50792
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Ohara ◽  
Shunsuke Yamamoto ◽  
Daiki Kuzuhara ◽  
Tomoyuki Koganezawa ◽  
Hidetoshi Oikawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Polymer Films ◽  
Metal Organic Framework ◽  
Growth Control ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Organic Framework

Atomic Layer and Unit-Cell Layer Growth of (Ca,Sr)CuO2 and Bi2Sr2Can-1CunO2n+4 Thin Films by Laser Molecular Bean Epitaxy

1991 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Kanai ◽  
Tomoji Kawai ◽  
Takuya Matsumoto ◽  
Shichio Kawai
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Diffraction Pattern ◽  
Cell Layer ◽  
Atomic Layer ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Diffraction Intensity

ABSTRACTThin films of (Ca,Sr)CuO2 and Bi2Sr2Can-1CunO2n+4 are formed by laser molecular beam epitaxy with in-situ reflection high energy electron diffraction observation. The diffraction pattern shows that these materials are formed with layer-by-layer growth. The change of the diffraction intensity as well as the analysis of the total diffraction pattern makes It possible to control the grown of the atomic layer or the unit-cell layer.

scholarly journals Electrostatic Design of Polar Metal–Organic Framework Thin Films

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2420
Author(s):  
Giulia Nascimbeni ◽  
Christof Wöll ◽  
Egbert Zojer
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Electrostatic Potential ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Dipole Moments ◽  
Metal Organic Framework ◽  
Solid Substrate ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Linker Molecules

In recent years, optical and electronic properties of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have increasingly shifted into the focus of interest of the scientific community. Here, we discuss a strategy for conveniently tuning these properties through electrostatic design. More specifically, based on quantum-mechanical simulations, we suggest an approach for creating a gradient of the electrostatic potential within a MOF thin film, exploiting collective electrostatic effects. With a suitable orientation of polar apical linkers, the resulting non-centrosymmetric packing results in an energy staircase of the frontier electronic states reminiscent of the situation in a pin-photodiode. The observed one dimensional gradient of the electrostatic potential causes a closure of the global energy gap and also shifts core-level energies by an amount equaling the size of the original band gap. The realization of such assemblies could be based on so-called pillared layer MOFs fabricated in an oriented fashion on a solid substrate employing layer by layer growth techniques. In this context, the simulations provide guidelines regarding the design of the polar apical linker molecules that would allow the realization of MOF thin films with the (vast majority of the) molecular dipole moments pointing in the same direction.

Rheed Intensity Oscillation During Layer-by-Layer Growth of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Thin Films

1992 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Yoshikawa ◽  
N. Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Growth Interruption ◽  
Layer Deposition ◽  
Unit Cells ◽  
Layered Growth

ABSTRACTUsing in-situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), we studied the growth of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) thin films prepared by reactive evaporation using layer-by-layer deposition. Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox(2212) tends to be grown three-dimensionally if it is grown directly on (100) SrTiO3, in contrast to Bi2Sr2CuOx(2201) which is easily grown two-dimensionally on SrTiO3. Two-dimensional 2212 growth can be realized, if a buffer layer of 2201 is deposited on (100) SrTiO3 and growth interruption is utilized after SrO layer deposition. A buffer layer of only two 2201 unit cells improved the surface crystallinity of the substrate for the epitaxial growth of 2212. Growth interruption for two minutes after the 2nd SrO layer in the half unit cell is necessary to keep two-dimensional layered growth. The resulting Tc (zero) is 76 K and Jc (at 4.2 K) is 1.5 × 106 (A/cm2) with these epitaxial films.

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