Electroless deposition of Ag nanoparticles on the surface of SiN x:H dielectric layers

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2314-2317

  Nychyporuk, T ^a   Zhou, Z ^a   Fave, A ^a   Lemiti, M ^a   Bastide, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne   (France)

Author keywords

Electroless metal deposition; Hydrogenated silicon nitride; Metal nanoparticles; Silicon nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; DIELECTRIC LAYER; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION; ELECTROLESS METAL DEPOSITION; HYDROGENATED SILICON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; TIME-SCALES;

HYDROGENATION; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON NITRIDE; STOICHIOMETRY;

SILVER;

EID: 77957689071     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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