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Electroless deposition

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Transparent Porous Conductive Substrates for Gas-Phase Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Simon Nussbaum, Rebekah Anne Wells, Marina Caroline Michèle Caretti, Hannah Elizabeth Johnson, Emeline Cécile Rideau, Benjamin Goldman, Elizaveta Potapova Mensi

Gas diffusion electrodes are essential components of common fuel and electrolysis cells but are typically made from graphitic carbon or metallic materials, which do not allow light transmittance and thus limit the development of gas-phase based photoelectr ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

Design and fabrication of an electrostatic precipitator for infrared spectroscopy

Satoshi Takahama, Nikunj Dudani

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a direct measurement technique for chemical characterization of aerosols that can be applied without solvent extraction thermal treatment a priori. This technique has been used for chemical speciation, source apportionment, an ...

COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH2022

Fretting-corrosion behavior of electroless Ni-P/Ni-P-TiO2 coatings obtained on AZ91D magnesium alloy by a chromium-free process

Stefano Mischler, Angela Bermudez Castañeda

Ni-P electroless coatings are widely applied for protection of magnesium alloys and other materials due to the low energy consumption of the process and high resistance to corrosion and wear, properties that can be improved with the incorporation of partic ...

ELSEVIER2020

'Green' Cr(III)-based electrodeposition of stainless steel-like FeCrNi: synthesis, mechanisms, material properties of films and micro-nanocomponents for bio-medical applications

Enrico Bertero

The electrodeposition (ED) of stainless steel (SS) -like FeCrNi alloys for miniaturised devices is appealing for bio-medicine as it would allow combining excellent material properties (e.g. corrosion resistance, hardness, bio-compatibility) at low-cost. Ho ...

EPFL2020

Electrochemical and morphological engineering of 2D materials for nanopore sensing

Martina Lihter

Nanopores are nanometer-sized holes that were initially proposed for DNA sequencing. Several years ago sequencing was made possible with biological nanopores. However, solid-state nanopores have plenty of advantages to offer compared to their biological co ...

EPFL2020

Stainless steel-like FeCrNi nanostructures via electrodeposition into AAO templates using a mixed-solvent Cr(III)-based electrolyte

Enrico Bertero

Electrodeposition of stainless steel-like materials such as FeCrNi alloy into micro- and nanotemplates provides a sustainable framework for creating biomedical-oriented micro- and nanocomponents with outstanding characteristics. While Cr(III)-based electro ...

2020

Progress in Violet Light-Emitting Diodes Based on ZnO/GaN Heterojunction

Eric Feltin

Progress in light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on ZnO/GaN heterojunctions has run into several obstacles during the last twenty years. While both the energy bandgap and lattice parameter of the two semiconductors are favorable to the development of such de ...

MDPI2020

Highly efficient, stable and hysteresis-less planar perovskite solar cell based on chemical bath treated Zn2SnO4 electron transport layer

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Zaiwei Wang, Seckin Akin, Marco Alejandro Ruiz Preciado

The electron transport layer (ETL) is a key constituent in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). It should provide efficient and selective electron extraction, low resistivity and high stability. Here, zinc stannate (Zn2SnO4, ZSO) is employed as an ETL in planar ...

Elsevier2020

Oxidative Print Light Synthesis Thin Film Deposition of Prussian Blue

Hubert Girault, Emad Oveisi, Mounir Driss Mensi, Victor Costa Bassetto, Wanderson Oliveira Da Silva, Dominika Baster

Prussian blue (PB) and Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are commonly synthesized by conventional methods, such as chemical precipitation, thermal decomposition, and electrochemical deposition. Herein, we have successfully synthesized Prussian blue by oxidati ...

2020

Helical beam screen for the Future Circular Collider for hadrons injection kicker magnets

Agnieszka Chmielinska

The Future Circular Collider for hadrons (FCC-hh) is the proposed high-energy frontier particle collider, which is expected to enable proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 100 TeV. The specifications for the FCC-hh injection kicker system ...

2020

'Green' Cr(iii)-glycine electrolyte for the production of FeCrNi coatings: electrodeposition mechanisms and role of by-products in terms of coating composition and microstructure

Stefano Mischler, Johann Michler, Enrico Bertero

The electrodeposition of stainless steel-like FeCrNi alloys for miniaturised devices is appealing as it would allow combining excellent material properties (e.g. corrosion resistance, hardness, biocompatibility) at low-cost. However, conventional baths oft ...

2019

Field test and electrode optimization of electrodynamic cleaning systems for solar panels

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Matthieu Despeisse, Nicolas Würsch, Antonin Faes, Jacques Levrat

Soiling is the major cause of power loss of photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) in desert areas. Electrodynamic cleaning system (EDS) is an automatic and water-free integrated cleaning system for mirrors or solar panels, which uses pulsed ...

WILEY2019

Semi-analytical modelling of linear scan voltammetric responses for soluble-insoluble system: The case of metal deposition

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Sunny Isaïe Maye, Imene Atek

The absence of general theoretical models describing linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) or cyclic voltammetry (CV) responses for soluble-insoluble systems such as one-step electrodeposition reactions under quasi-reversible condition makes it difficult to extra ...

2018

Micro-mechanics of 3D architectured metals synthesized by electrodeposition

Maxime Alain Baptiste Mieszala

Cellular metallic materials have emerged as a new promising class of materials due to their lightweight porous structures and advanced multi-functional properties. Originally limited to random metallic foams, modern lithography techniques have enabled the ...

EPFL2018

Micromechanics of Amorphous Metal/Polymer Hybrid Structures with 3D Cellular Architectures: Size Effects, Buckling Behavior, and Energy Absorption Capability

Stefano Mischler, Johann Michler, Cédric Frantz

By designing advantageous cellular geometries and combining the material size effects at the nanometer scale, lightweight hybrid microarchitectured materials with tailored structural properties are achieved. Prior studies reported the mechanical properties ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

Microchannel contacting of crystalline silicon solar cells

Monica Morales Masis, Stephanie Essig

There is tremendous interest in reducing losses caused by the metal contacts in silicon photovoltaics, particularly the optical and resistive losses of the front metal grid. One commonly sought-after goal is the creation of high aspect-ratio metal fingers ...

Nature Research2017

Electrochemical Properties of Cu(II/I)-Based Redox Mediators for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Ladislav Kavan, Yasemin Saygili, Marina Freitag

Three Cu(II/I)-phenanthroline and Cu(II/I)-bipyridine redox mediators are studied on various electrodes and in variety of electrolyte solutions using cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy on symmetrical dummy cells. Graphene-based catalysts provide ...

2017

Orientation-dependent mechanical behaviour of electrodeposited copper with nanoscale twins

Stefano Mischler, Johann Michler

The mechanical properties of electrodeposited copper with highly-oriented nanoscale twins were investigated by micropillar compression. Uniform nanotwinned copper films with preferred twin orientations, either vertical or horizontal, were obtained by contr ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2016

A Chip-Level Post-CMOS Via-Last Cu TSV Process for Multi-Layer Homogeneous 3D Integration

Yusuf Leblebici, Seniz Esra Küçük

In this paper, a die-level CMOS post-processing scheme for 3D integration using the via-last approach is presented for multi-layer stacking. The process includes TSV fabrication, chip-to-chip bonding, and finally the TSV filling with Cu electroplating. The ...

Ieee2016

Carbon and Platinum Nanostructured Electrodes on Miniaturized Devices for Biomedical Diagnostics

Irene Taurino

Nowadays, medical devices face several limitations concerning rapid, reliable and simultaneous quantification of a set of ions and metabolites from a micro-nanoliter volume of undiluted samples. The development of minimally-sized devices is, therefore, of ...

EPFL2015