Efficiency enhancement and doping type inversion in Cu₂CdSnS₄ solar cells by Ag substitution by Ibrahim, Ahmad, Lie, Stener, Tan, Joel Ming Rui, Swope, Ryan, Medaille, Axel Gon, Hadke, Shreyash, Saucedo, Edgardo, Agrawal, Rakesh, Wong, Lydia Helena

“…This is also complemented by Raman scattering analysis, the first time the Raman spectrum of Ag2CdSnS4 is reported. …”
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Synthesis and optical study of lead halide perovskites for opto-electronic applications by Ha, Son Tung

“…In the past few years, we have witnessed many breakthrough applications of this material, especially in the field of thin film solar cells, light emitting diodes, and lasers. …”
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Rapid synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnO by a microwave-assisted combustion method by Nehru, L. C., Swaminathan, V., Sanjeeviraja, C.

“…The XRD, FTIR and Raman spectra confirmed the formation of hexagonal wurtzite structural ZnO and the SEM results indicated the porous surface characteristic of the products. …”
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Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 kesterite solar cell with 5.1% efficiency using spray pyrolysis of aqueous precursor solution followed by selenization by Zeng, Xin, Tai, Kong Fai, Zhang, Tianliang, Ho, Chun Wan John, Chen, Xiaodong, Huan, Alfred, Sum, Tze Chien, Wong, Lydia H.

“…Kesterite thin film solar cell has been fabricated by chemical spray pyrolysis (CSP) of an aqueous solution followed by high temperature selenization. …”
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Symmetry breaking of graphene monolayers by molecular decoration by Dong, Xiaochen, Shi, Yumeng, Zhao, Yang, Chen, Dongmeng, Ye, Jun, Yao, Yugui, Gao, Fang, Ni, Zhenhua, Yu, Ting, Shen, Zexiang, Huang, Yinxi, Chen, Peng, Li, Lain-Jong

“…Aromatic molecules can effectively exfoliate graphite into graphene monolayers, and the resulting graphene monolayers sandwiched by the aromatic molecules exhibit a pronounced Raman G-band splitting, similar to that observed in single-walled carbon nanotubes. …”
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Inorganic proton exchange membrane base on mesoporous silica by Lee, Melvin Ding Yuan.

“…The synthesized membranes were characterized by SAXS, BET, TEM, FTIR, Raman scattering, and TGA techniques. The effects of HPW incorporation on membrane properties, including morphology and electrolyte conductivity were extensively investigated.…”
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Growth of gallium nitride nanowires by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) by Wang, Jianbo

“…The GaN nanowire properties were further studied by using XRD, PL and Raman spectroscopy. The XRD and Raman measurements suggest that the GaN nanowires grown by LPCVD are predominated by hexagonal GaN phase with the wurtzite structure. …”
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Core level shift of diamond and graphite upon Ar+ ion bombardment by Geng, Han He.

“…Diamond-like films (DLF) and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) are made of two allotropes of carbon, diamond and graphite. …”
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Thermal performance of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene dipped in graphene oxide suspensions by Mohammadsalih, Zaid G., Sadeq, Noor S., Salit @ Sinon, Mohd Sapuan

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The formation of a carbon nanotube–graphene oxide core–shell structure and its possible applications by Dong, Xiaochen, Xing, Guichuan, Chan-Park, Mary B., Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Wang, Jing, Yan, Qingyu, Sum, Tze Chien, Huang, Wei, Chen, Peng

“…A stable aqueous dispersion of hydrophobic single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and amphiphilic graphene oxide (GO) nano-sheets was produced by sonication mixing without assistance of any surfactant. …”
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Micro-RBS study of nickel silicide formation by Lee, Pooi See, Sum, Tze Chien, Seng, H. L., Osipowicz, T., Mangelinck, D., Watt, F.

“…The patterned samples investigated consist of an array of square pads (View the MathML source) of the structure Ni(Pt)Six/Poly-Si (2000 Å)/SiO2 (2500 Å)/Si and narrow lines of 100 μm length and linewidths of 5 and 2 μm. μ-RBS (∼View the MathML source beam spot) was used to obtain the thickness and stoichiometry of the silicide films for the square pads. The beam was focused to submicron dimensions for the scans over the narrow lines. μ-RBS results for the different silicide structures are presented and correlated with micro-Raman data.…”
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Surface engineering to manipulate solar energy for thermal management by Fei, Jipeng

“…The use of sustainable energy sources has risen significantly in recent years due to the tremendous pollution and waste associated with traditional fossil fuels, and the urgent needs of decarbonization. Specifically, solar energy is one of the most important infinite energy resources since it is constantly available to earth in abundance. …”
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In-plane aligned assemblies of 1D-nanoobjects : recent approaches and applications by Hu, Hebing, Wang, Shancheng, Feng, Xueling, Pauly, Matthias, Decher, Gero, Long, Yi

“…The goal of the present review is to describe the current methods for preparing macroscopic composite films in which the long axis of individual 1D-nanoobjects is more or less parallel to the x,y-plane of the substrate as well as to each other (alignment direction). …”
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Experimental and theoretical study of nanotwinned copper fabricated by pulse-reverse electrodeposition for interconnect and through-silicon via (TSV) technologies by Lin, Nay

“…The initial nucleation studies of copper on (111) textured sputtered gold seed layer show that initial copper grains have strong (111) orientation. Micro-raman measurements of stress evolution in the thin copper films show the stress evolution over time. …”
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Large-area atomic layers of the charge-density-wave conductor TiSe2 by Wang, Hong, Chen, Yu, Duchamp, Martial, Zeng, Qingsheng, Wang, Xuewen, Tsang, Siu Hon, Li, Hongling, Jing, Lin, Yu, Ting, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong, Liu, Zheng

“…This study reports the growth of monolayer crystals and up to 5 × 105 µm2 large films of the typical 2D CDW conductor-TiSe2 -by ambient-pressure chemical vapor deposition. …”
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Electrochemical supercapacitors: from mechanism understanding to multifunctional applications by Chen, Jingwei, Lee, Pooi See

“…However, a majority of the efforts have been devoted to developing SCs with improved performance through novel electrode/electrolytes design. The full mechanistic understanding of SCs based on different electrode materials has not yet been realized. …”
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Fabrication of electrochemically reduced grapheme oxide composite based electrochemical sensor for the detection of 3-nitrophenol by Muhammad, Nafiu

“…The modified SPCE were characterized using cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), respectively. …”
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Evaluating the effect of n-butanol additive on particulate matter emission in diesel engine by Zhu, Qiren, Zong, Yichen, Tan, Yong Ren, Lyu, Jieyao, Yu, Wenbin, Yang, Wenming, Kraft, Markus

“…The results indicate that the addition of n-butanol can improve the mixing process of fuel and oxidizer and result in a lower mean chamber temperature. …”
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Nanostructured materials for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction and biosensing by Ge, Junyu

“…As a biosensing platform, this substrate shows strong Raman signals for quorum sensing. In summary, a fast, scalable, energy-efficient, and cost-effective 1D metal nanostructure fabrication method has been developed. …”
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Mesoporous implantable Pt/SrTiO3:C,N nanocuboids delivering enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity via plasmon-induced interfacial electron transfer by Tamiolakis, Ioannis, Liu, Dong, Xiao, Fang-Xing, Xie, Jian, Papadas, Ioannis T., Salim, Teddy, Liu, Bin, Zhang, Qichun, Choulis, Stelios A., Armatas, Gerasimos S.

“…Band edge engineering of semiconductor nanostructures is one of the most appealing approaches to enhance light absorption, carrier separation and, ultimately, solar to fuel conversion efficiency. In this study, we devise a facile polymer-assisted sol-gel chemical method to prepare highly porous, crystalline implanted SrTiO3 (STO) nanoparticles and demonstrate their performance for photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water. …”
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