Publications related to The TORCH time-of-flight detector

Optimizing Atomic Layer Deposition Processes with Nanowire-Assisted TEM Analysis

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is one of the premier methods to synthesize ultra-thin materials on complex surfaces. The technique allows for precise control of the thickness down to single atomic layers, while at the same time providing uniform coverage ev ...

Wiley2024

Colloidal Atomic Layer Deposition on Nanocrystals Using Ligand-Modified Precursors

Raffaella Buonsanti, Anna Loiudice, Krishna Kumar, Petru Pasquale Albertini, Coline Marie Agathe Boulanger, Jari Leemans, Ona Segura Lecina, Mark Adrian Newton, Philippe Benjamin Green

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a method to grow thin metal oxide layers on a variety of materials for applications spanning from electronics to catalysis. Extending ALD to colloidally stable nanocrystals promises to combine the benefits of thin metal oxi ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Plasma-Assisted Hybrid Vapour Deposition Technology for Thin Film Fabrication

Caroline Hain

Continuous development of thin film deposition technologies is essential for the fabrication of films that meet the specific requirements of their target applications and working conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the number of accessible a ...

EPFL2023

Synthesis of metal oxide-overcoated carbon materials by liquid phase ALD and their applications in catalysis

Farzaneh Talebkeikhah

Coating nano particles and other substrates for efficiency enhancement, protection and obtaining new atomic structures is a widespread research topic in catalysis and material synthesis. Thus far, different approaches of coating, ranging from simplest to s ...

EPFL2023

Control of intermetallics in the interface in directed energy deposition of titanium on stainless steel 316L

Di Cui

Application of a single metal or alloy is often restricted by its properties from optimal combination of performance and cost. Therefore, there is a vast need of joining dissimilar metals for various applications in biomedical, aerospace, automobile and ma ...

EPFL2023

III-V Nitride Semiconductors Deposited At Low Temperature For Photovoltaic Applications

Jonathan Emanuel Thomet

This thesis reports on the study and use of low temperature processes for the deposition of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) thin films in order to alleviate some of the present drawbacks of its monolitic deposition on silicon for photovoltaic applications. ...

EPFL2023

Atomic doping & coating for Electrocatalysis & Li-ion batteries

Albert Claude Jean-Pierre Daubry

Molybdenum atomic-doping on bio-waste derived nitrogen-doped conductive carbon electrocatalyst was synthesized and investigated for the dinitrogen reduction to ammonia in alkaline media. The assessment of the catalytic activity was found to be non-trivial ...

EPFL2022

Structure, Oxygen Content and Electric Properties of Titanium Nitride Electrodes in TiNx/La:HfO2/TiNx Stacks Grown by PEALD on SiO2/Si

Philippe Buffat, Elena Suvorova Buffat

This work reports experimental results of the quantitative determination of oxygen and band gap measurement in the TiNx electrodes in planar TiNx top/La:HfO2/TiNx bottom MIM stacks obtained by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition on SiO2. Methodological ...

2022

Investigation in Crystal Growth/Morphology and Interface Engineering of Perovskite Solar Cells by Different Deposition Methods

Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel

A new and promising technology has emerged to compete with traditional silicon photovoltaic semiconductors. The low material and processing costs and high-power conversion efficiencies of organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites make these a promising te ...

EPFL2022

Structural and photophysical investigation of single-source evaporation of CsFAPbI(3) and FAPbI(3) perovskite thin films

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Hiroyuki Kanda, Albertus Adrian Sutanto, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Maria Cristina Momblona Rincón

Thermal vacuum deposition is a stimulating technique for upscaling perovskite solar cells. However, the operational complexity of multisource vapor deposition (MSVD) and achieving stoichiometric perovskite layers may impede its implementation. The single-s ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2022