Submicrometer Top-Gate Self-Aligned a-IGZO TFTs by Substrate Conformal Imprint Lithography

Thin-film transistors (TFTs) are the fundamental building blocks of today's display industry. To achieve higher drive currents and device density, it is essential to scale down the channel lengths of TFTs. To be able to fabricate short-channel TFTs in large volumes is also equally important in order to realize lower fabrication costs and higher...

A High-Resolution Thin-Film Fingerprint Sensor Using a Printed Organic Photodetector

Organic photodetectors (OPDs) have attracted much attention in recent years, due to their promise in large-area light sensing applications. Here, high-resolution slot-die-coated large-area bulk heterojunction organic photodiode (OPD) arrays are reported. The OPD uses a novel electron transport layer, indium gallium zinc oxide in combination with...

Flexible 16nJ/c.s. 134S/s 6b MIM C-2C ADC using Dual Gate Self-aligned Unipolar Metal-Oxide TFTs

Strong Quantum Confinement Effects and Chiral Excitons in Bio-Inspired ZnO-Amino Acid Cocrystals

Elucidating the underlying principles behind band gap engineering is paramount for the successful implementation of semiconductors in photonic and optoelectronic devices. Recently it has been shown that the band gap of a wide and direct band gap semiconductor, such as ZnO, can be modified upon cocrystallization with amino acids, with the role of...

Isotropic Atomic Layer Etching of ZnO Using Acetylacetone and O2 Plasma

Atomic layer etching (ALE) provides Ångström-level control over material removal and holds potential for addressing the challenges in nanomanufacturing faced by conventional etching techniques. Recent research has led to the development of two main classes of ALE: ion-driven plasma processes yielding anisotropic (or directional) etch profiles...

Damp heat related degradation mechanisms within CIGS solar cells

Degradation rates and mechanisms for molybdenum back contacts and ZnO:Al front contacts exposed to damp heat were obtained from literature and experiments. It was found that molybdenum back contacts with a higher density and covered by a MoSe2 film are more stable than their low density, bare counterparts. For ZnO:Al front contacts various...

Monolithic two-terminal hybrid a-Si:H/CIGS tandem cells

Copper-indium-gallium-di-selenide (CIGS) is the present record holder in lab-scale thin-film photovoltaics (TF-PV). One of the problems of this PV technology is the scarcity of indium. Multi-junction solar cells allow better spectral utilization of the light spectrum, while the required current generation per layer is much lower, allowing much...

Particle release and control of worker exposure during laboratory-scale synthesis, handling and simulated spills of manufactured nanomaterials in fume hoods

Fume hoods are one of the most common types of equipment applied to reduce the potential of particle exposure in laboratory environments. A number of previous studies have shown particle release during work with nanomaterials under fume hoods. Here, we assessed laboratory workers’ inhalation exposure during synthesis and handling of CuO, TiO2...