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    Citation - WoS: 8
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    Study of Boron Doped Amorphous Silicon Lightly Hydrogenated Prepared by Dc Magnetron Sputtering for Infrared Detectors Applications
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2020) Ketroussi, K.; Cherfi, R.; Yahia, Seba, H.; Tata, S.; Chabane, L.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Rahal, A.
    The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of boron doping concentration on the bolometric properties of lightly hydrogenated amorphous silicon doped with boron (a-Si: H(B)) films. Thin film a-Si: H(B) samples with different boron concentrations are prepared by co-sputtering of boron and silicon at relatively low hydrogen pressure. FTIR analyses show that the intensity of the characteristic peak of the substitutional boron gradually increases with the addition of boron. Increasing in boron concentration affects the bolometric properties of the lightly hydrogenated a-Si: H (B) films, including conductivity at room temperature (?RT) and thermal resistance coefficient (TCR). Indeed, when the boron concentration increases from 1.5 to 43%, ?RT increases from 1.4 10?6 to 2 10?3 ??1 cm?1 while the absolute value of TCR decreases from 3% to 8% K?1, respectively. In addition, lightly hydrogenated a-Si: H (B) films exhibit good thermal stability. We have showed in this study that lightly hydrogenated a-Si: H(B) can be considered as a potential candidate for low-cost, high-performance uncooled micro bolometers. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
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    Citation - WoS: 3
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    Lipid Bilayer on Wrinkled-Interfaced Graphene Field Effect Transistor
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2021) Özkendir İnanç, Dilce; Çelebi, Cem; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan
    This study describes lipid bilayer-based sensor interface on SiO2 encapsulated graphene field effect transistors (GFET). The SiO2 layer was utilized as a lipid compatible surface that drives bilayer formation. The two types of surface morphologies i) wrinkled morphology by thermal evaporation (TE) and ii) flat morphology by pulsed electron deposition (PED) were obtained. The sensing performance of wrinkled and flat interfaced-GFETs were investigated, pH sensitivity of wrinkled interfaced-GFETs were found to be ten fold larger than the flat ones. The enhanced sensitivity is attributed to thinning of the oxide layer by formation of wrinkles thereby facilitating electrostatic gating on graphene. We foresee that described wrinkled SiO2 interfaced-GFET holds promise as a cell membrane mimicking sensing platform for novel bioelectronic applications. © 2020
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    Citation - WoS: 7
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    Investigation of the Structural and Optical Properties of Copper-Titanium Oxide Thin Films Produced by Changing the Amount of Copper
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Horzum, Şeyda; Gürakar, Sibel; Serin, Tülay
    We examine how the structural, morphological and optical properties of TiO2 thin films are changed with heavily copper (Cu) content. Variations in characteristic properties of the films with 0, 12.5, 25 and 50 wt% Cu contents, grown by sol-gel dip coating method, are observed by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman scattering, atomic force microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis and optical spectroscopy measurements. The XRD and Raman spectra indicate that pure TiO2 film forms in the anatase structure. At high Cu concentrations, XRD results also reveal the substitution of Ti with Cu and formation of extra compound Copper-Titanium oxide. Raman measurements also show that Cu is incorporated homogeneously into TiO2 matrix up to 12.5 wt% concentration and this uniformity is distorted at higher Cu contents. In addition, optical spectroscopy measurements show that the optical band gap energy decreases from 3.26 eV to 2.05 eV with increasing Cu concentration. Furthermore, it is observed that the refractive index values obtained by means of transmittance spectra at 550 nm wavelength; increases from 2.47 to 3.39 when the Cu concentration increases from 0 to 50 wt %.
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    Citation - WoS: 21
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    Effect of Defects and Secondary Phases in Cu2znsns4 Absorber Material on the Performance of Zn(o,s) Buffered Devices
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Türkoğlu, Fulya; Köseoğlu, Hasan; Cantaş, Ayten; Akça, Fatime Gülşah; Meriç, Ece; Buldu, Dilara Gökçen; Aygün, Gülnur
    Copper zinc fin sulfide (CZTS) absorber layer attracts so much attention in photovoltaic industry since it contains earth abundant, low cost and non-toxic elements contrary to other chalcogenide based solar cells. In the present work, CZTS absorber layers were prepared following a two-stage process: firstly, a stack of metal precursors (Copper (Cu)/Tin (Sn)/Zinc (Zn)/Copper (Cu)) were deposited on molybdenum (Mo) substrate by magnetron sputtering, then this stack was annealed under S atmosphere inside a tubular furnace. CZTS thin films were investigated using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The effect of sulfurization time and the thickness of top and bottom Cu layer in precursors on the properties of CZTS thin films were investigated. The importance of Cu thickness adjacent to Sn to avoid detrimental phases was addressed. The significance of sulfurization time to restrict the Sn and Zn losses, formation of oxides such as fin dioxide and zinc oxide, and formation of molybdenum disulfide and voids between Mo/CZTS interface was also addressed. Moreover, cadmium sulfide buffer layer, which is conventionally used in CZTS solar cells, is replaced by an environmentally friendly alternative zinc oxysulfide buffer layer.
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    Citation - WoS: 5
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    Effect of the Synthesis Conditions on the Properties of Co Embedded Porous Si Nanostructures
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Çetinel, Alper; Artunç, Nurcan; Tarhan, Enver
    The electrodeposition of cobalt in the porous silicon (PSi) substrate was investigated in terms of the deposition times and current densities. The PSi/Co samples were characterized by SEM, XRD, Raman, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies. The results indicated that for all current densities, the PL intensities of PSi/Co samples with shorter deposition times (t(s) <= 20 min) increased due to spherical Co nanoparticles (NPs) could be created the new recombination centers, compared to that of the undeposited PSi. On the other hand, the PL intensity of PSi/Co samples significantly decreased at longer deposition times (t(1) > 20 min) because of larger Co NP cluster promoted the formation of non-radiative centers. The increased PL intensities in samples with t(s) were attributed to both the quantum confinement effect and surface effects. PL analyses also suggested that after exposure to air for 60 days, PL characteristics of PSi/Co were stabilized depending on deposition time and current density.
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    Citation - WoS: 2
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    Tuning Thermal Transport in Graphene Via Combinations of Molecular Antiresonances
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Sevim, Koray; Sevinçli, Haldun
    We propose a method to engineer the phonon thermal transport properties of low dimensional systems. The method relies on introducing a predetermined combination of molecular adsorbates, which give rise to antiresonances at frequencies specific to the molecular species. Despite their dissimilar transmission spectra, thermal resistances due to individual molecules remain almost the same for all species. On the other hand, thermal resistance due to combinations of different species are not additive and show large differences depending on the species. Using a toy model, the physics underlying the violation of resistance summation rule is investigated. It is demonstrated that equivalent resistance of two scatterers having the same resistances can be close to the sum of the constituents or ∼ 70% of it depending on the relative positions of the antiresonances. The relative positions of the antiresonances determine the net change in transmission, therefore the equivalent resistance. Since the entire spectrum is involved in phonon spectrum changes in different parts of the spectrum become important. Performing extensive first-principles based computations, we show that these distinctive attributes of phonon transport can be useful to tailor the thermal transport through low dimensional materials, especially for thermoelectric and thermal management applications.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 8
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    Experimental and Computational Investigation of Graphene/Sams Schottky Diodes
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Aydın, Hasan; Bacaksız, Cihan; Yağmurcukardeş, Nesli; Karakaya, Caner; Mermer, Ömer; Can, Mustafa; Senger, Ramazan Tuğrul; Şahin, Hasan; Selamet, Yusuf
    We have investigated the effect of two different self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on electrical characteristics of bilayer graphene (BLG)/n-Si Schottky diodes. Novel 4″bis(diphenylamino)-1, 1′:3″-terphenyl-5′ carboxylic acids (TPA) and 4,4-di-9H-carbazol-9-yl-1,1′:3′1′-terphenyl-5′ carboxylic acid (CAR) aromatic SAMs have been used to modify n-Si surfaces. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) results have been evaluated to verify the modification of n-Si surface. The current–voltage (I–V) characteristics of bare and SAMs modified devices show rectification behaviour verifying a Schottky junction at the interface. The ideality factors (n) from ln(I)–V dependences were determined as 2.13, 1.96 and 2.07 for BLG/n-Si, BLG/TPA/n-Si and BLG/CAR/n-Si Schottky diodes, respectively. In addition, Schottky barrier height (SBH) and series resistance (R s ) of SAMs modified diodes were decreased compared to bare diode due to the formation of a compatible interface between graphene and Si as well as π–π interaction between aromatic SAMs and graphene. The CAR-based device exhibits better diode characteristic compared to the TPA-based device. Computational simulations show that the BLG/CAR system exhibits smaller energy-level-differences than the BLG/TPA, which supports the experimental findings of a lower Schottky barrier and series resistance in BLG/CAR diode.
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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Thermally and Optically Tunable Sub-Terahertz Superconducting Fishnet Metamaterial
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Sabah, Cumali; Mulla, Batuhan; Altan, Hakan; Özyüzer, Lütfi
    In this paper, a novel fishnet metamaterial structure is designed and analyzed under different material combinations and under different active controlling techniques. The results indicate that, the proposed fishnet metamaterial has a single resonance with double negativity at 0.39 THz when quartz substrate and aluminum is utilized in the design. Moreover, when the metallic parts are replaced with YBCO, the proposed design also exhibits double negativity with a stronger resonance and can be used as a switch between the double negative and single negative modes if the temperature is altered. In addition to these, when substrate (quartz) is replaced with MgO, the resonance shifts from 0.39 THz to 0.26 THz and shows double negativity. Moreover, switching properties under illumination can also be obtained when the silicon is utilized in the design (MgO-YBCO combination). According to these results, it is found that, in the case that the conductivity of silicon exceeds a certain value, the character of the resonance changes from double negative to the single negative mode.
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    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 5
    Conductance Fluctuations in Undoped Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon-Germanium Alloy Thin Films
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2002) Güneş, Mehmet; Johanson, Robert E.; Kasap, Safa O.; Yang, Jeffrey C.; Guha, Subhendu
    We report coplanar conductance fluctuations of device quality, undoped hydrogenated amorphous silicon-germanium alloy thin films (a-SiGe:H) measured from 430 to 490 K. The a-SiGe:H alloys produce noise power spectra similar to coplanar undoped a-Si:H films in the same temperature range. The noise power spectrum S(n) does not fit a single 1/fα power law but rather has two distinct regions, each accurately fitted by a power law, but with different slopes. The low frequency slope α1 is similar to that observed in undoped a-Si:H films varying from 1.30 to 1.46 for different Ge concentrations and shows a slight temperature dependence. At higher frequencies, the slope α2 is less than unity and temperature independent but depends on the Ge content of the film. α2 decreases from 0.60 for no Ge (pure a-Si:H) to 0.15 for 40 at.% Ge. The noise power at lower frequencies increases and at higher frequencies decreases substantially as the temperature increases from 430 to 490 K. We infer that similar noise mechanisms are operating in undoped a-SiGe:H and a-Si:H films but that the Ge content is influencing the noise, particularly the slope at higher frequencies. In addition, the noise has the expected quadratic dependence on bias current and obeys Gaussian statistics.
  • Editorial
    Preface
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2017) Özyüzer, Lütfi; Kosiel, Kamil; Reno, John L.; Basa, Deekpak Kumar
    It is our pleasure to publish the proceedings of selected papers from the Science and Applications of Thin Films, Conference & Exhibition (SATF2016) in a Special Issue of Thin Solid Films. SATF2016 was held at the Ilica Hotel Spa & Wellness Thermal Resort, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, from September 19 to 23, 2016. It was a very successful conference with over 241 abstracts submitted from33 countries, including 30 invited talks, 61 contributed talks, and over 150 poster presentations. More information about the conference can be found at http://www. satf2016.org/