Adsorption and Tribochemical Factors Affecting the Lubrication of Silicon-Based Materials by (Fluorinated) Ionic Liquids

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (13) ◽  
pp. 7259-7275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Arcifa ◽  
Antonella Rossi ◽  
Nicholas D. Spencer
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umer Mehmood ◽  
Saleem-ur Rahman ◽  
Khalil Harrabi ◽  
Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein ◽  
B. V. S. Reddy

Solar energy is an abundant and accessible source of renewable energy available on earth, and many types of photovoltaic (PV) devices like organic, inorganic, and hybrid cells have been developed to harness the energy. PV cells directly convert solar radiation into electricity without affecting the environment. Although silicon based solar cells (inorganic cells) are widely used because of their high efficiency, they are rigid and manufacturing costs are high. Researchers have focused on organic solar cells to overcome these disadvantages. DSSCs comprise a sensitized semiconductor (photoelectrode) and a catalytic electrode (counter electrode) with an electrolyte sandwiched between them and their efficiency depends on many factors. The maximum electrical conversion efficiency of DSSCs attained so far is 11.1%, which is still low for commercial applications. This review examines the working principle, factors affecting the efficiency, and key challenges facing DSSCs.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1737-1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chan-Juan Zhou ◽  
Dan Tian ◽  
Ji-Huan He

Lotus effect is the superhydrophobicity property, and widely used for self-cleaning in modern textile engineering. This paper reveals that the lotus effect is a kind of nanoeffect or size effect in nanotechnology, the surface morphology, solution?s molecule weight, and temperature are three main factors affecting the lotus effect. Solutions? pH values or ionic liquids are also discussed in this paper. A series of experiments are carried out to measure contact angles for different solutions/liquids on the lotus surface at different temperature.


Author(s):  
J.B. Liu ◽  
J.Z. Duan ◽  
R. Gronsky

Aluminium and aluminium-based alloys are typically used as the metallization interconnections in LSI and VLSI silicon-based integrated circuits. Important factors affecting the lifetime and reliability of these interconnections in IC devices are the individual microstructures, device layer combinations, electron migration, and stress migration that occur during their fabrication and their in-service application. There are many possible remedies for each of these factors. The use of bias sputtering or “planarization” has been shown to improve the quality of the interconnection greatly. Recently, some studies have revealed a new planarization technique involving sputter deposition of Al alloys at elevated temperature without any substrate bias, combined with a TiN precoating to reduce the migration of Al atoms. In this paper, the microstructure of Al-0.2Cu/TiN/SiO2/Si under optimum lifetime conditions is assessed, and a mechanism of void formation is proposed to explain the observations.A representative TEM cross section image of Al-0.2% Cu sputtered at 100 V bias and at substrate temperature 450°C with a TiN/SiO2 prercoating is shown in Fig.l. The surface topography of the Al-Cu alloy is shown for comparison purposes in Fig.2.


2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (14) ◽  
pp. 5090-5095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Chao Pei ◽  
Jian Ji Wang ◽  
Xiao Peng Xuan ◽  
Jing Fan ◽  
Maohong Fan

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 2477-2484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Li ◽  
Janne Asikkala ◽  
Ilari Filpponen ◽  
Dimitris S. Argyropoulos

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (21) ◽  
pp. 4193-4197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Caló ◽  
Angelo Nacci ◽  
Antonio Monopoli ◽  
Antonia Detomaso ◽  
Patrizia Iliade

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (15) ◽  
pp. 1705430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoonkook Son ◽  
Soojin Sim ◽  
Hyunsoo Ma ◽  
Min Choi ◽  
Yeonguk Son ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odeh Alshammari ◽  
Ghazi Almulgabsaghe ◽  
Karl Scott Ryder ◽  
Andrew P Abbott

While ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, DESs, have been extensively used for natural product extraction relatively little is known about the factors affecting extraction efficiency. In this study, 7...


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