Nanoscale growth initiation as a pathway to improve the earth-abundant absorber zinc phosphide

S Escobar Steinvall, EZ Stutz, R Paul… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Growth approaches that limit the interface area between layers to nanoscale regions are
emerging as a promising pathway to limit the interface defect formation due to mismatching …

Tuning the Colloidal Softness of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals for Homogeneous Superlattices

S Levy, O Be'er, N Veber, C Monachon… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Perovskite nanocrystal superlattices (NC SLs), made from millions of ordered crystals,
support collective optoelectronic phenomena. Coupled NC emitters are highly sensitive to …

Visualizing the Mechanism Switching in High-Temperature Au-Catalyzed InAs Nanowire Growth

S Escobar Steinvall, J Johansson… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We use environmental transmission electron microscopy to observe in situ the switch from
an axial vapor–liquid–solid (VLS) growth mechanism in Au-catalyzed InAs nanowires …

The path towards 1 µm monocrystalline Zn3P2 films on InP: substrate preparation, growth conditions and luminescence properties

M Zamani, E Stutz, S Escobar, RR Zamani… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Semiconductors made with earth abundant elements are promising as absorbers in future
large-scale deployment of photovoltaic technology. This paper reports on the epitaxial …

Raman spectroscopy and lattice dynamics calculations of tetragonally-structured single crystal zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) nanowires

EZ Stutz, SE Steinvall, AP Litvinchuk, JB Leran… - …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Earth-abundant and low-cost semiconductors, such as zinc phosphide (Zn 3 P 2), are
promising candidates for the next generation photovoltaic applications. However, synthesis …

Rotated domains in selective area epitaxy grown Zn 3 P 2: formation mechanism and functionality

MC Spadaro, SE Steinvall, NY Dzade, S Martí-Sánchez… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) is an ideal absorber candidate for solar cells thanks to its direct
bandgap, earth-abundance, and optoelectronic characteristics, albeit it has been …

Crystalline Order in Compound Semiconductors in Nanoscale Structures and Thin Films

M Zamani - 2021 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Semiconductors materials and devices are essential building blocks for many of the
technologies deeply embedded in modern life. Improving the performance of semiconductor …