We show that two distinct methods, electropolymerization and initiated chemical vapour deposition (iCVD), can be adapted to generate ultrathin polymers (30–50 nm thick) at three dimensionally (3D) porous conductive substrates comprising ∼300 μm-thick carbon-coated silica fiber paper (C@SiO2).
Present status of micro- and polycrystalline silicon solar cells made by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition