The combination of concentrating solar power and photovoltaic technologies in hybrid
photovoltaics thermal systems have the potential of increasing the overall efficiency of solar …

Nanoparticles often possess phase stabilities that differ from those of bulk materials, as a
result of their large surface-to-volume ratio. Park and Lee suggested that the phase diagram …

Abstract SnAg nanoparticles (SnAg NPs) were prepared by wet synthesis. The chemical
composition of the SnAg NPs was obtained by inductively coupled plasma-mass …

The melting temperatures of Sn-Ag-Cu and Sn-Cu leadfree solders are in the range
between 493 K and 500 K, which are much higher than the melting temperature of …

Abstract Sn-3.0 Ag-0.5 Cu nanosolders were synthesized via a chemical reduction method.
Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and sodium borohydride (NaBH 4) were employed as surfactant …

The Ag–Sn based system in the nano-size regime is one of the strongest candidates for lead-
free solders. Besides, the investigation of several other applications of Ag–Sn …

Selenium generally exhibits preferential habitual 1D growth as a result of redox reactions of
selenium compounds. Commercial Se powder melts in silicone oil under refluxing …

The melting temperature and melting enthalpy of SnAg and SnAgCu (SAC) nanocrystals
with diameters of approximately 30 nm was determined and, by means of Differential …

We investigated changes in the optical properties of indium tin oxide (ITO) nanocrystals as a
function of temperature. ITO is a plasmonic, wide-band-gap semiconductor capable of …

In this study, the crystallographic structure of orthorhombic ε-phase Ag3Sn nanoparticles
with different sizes between 7 and 120 nm was studied by X-ray diffraction, and the influence …