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Optimization of doping and interfaces in semiconductors : a two case study of BiCuOS and ZnO
No full textLe domaine émergeant de l’électronique imprimée nécessite de nouveaux matériaux peu coûteux et non toxiques pour réaliser de nombreux systèmes tels que des circuits logiques, des capteurs, des affichages, des thermoélectriques ou même du photovoltaïque sur substrat souple. Il s’agit aussi d’optimiser le fonctionnement de couches granulaires de semiconducteurs de type n et p.BiCuOS a été identifié comme un semiconducteur de type p possédant des propriétés intéressantes. Cependant, sa forte sous stoechiométrie en cuivre induit un dopage de type p trop élevé qui nuit à ses propriétés semiconductrices. De plus, comme la plupart des composés à base de chalcogénures, BiCuOS se décompose lors d’un frittage, et ne peut être densifié thermiquement. Dans le but d’optimiser des couches minces de BiCuOS, des solutions doivent ainsi être trouvées pour i) réduire le taux de dopage ; ii) obtenir de bonnes mobilités dans des couche peu denses. De nombreuses substitutions chimiques ont été essayées telles que celle du soufre par l’iode et celle du cuivre par l’argent. Ces substitutions ont permis de réduire fortement le taux de porteurs de charge. D’autre part, nous avons étudié l’effet du greffage de molécules à la surface des grains de semiconducteurs sur la conduction électronique. Des molécules conjuguées (acides téréphtaliques substitués) et des polymères dérivés des polythiophènes ont été adsorbés à la surface d’un semiconducteur modèle de type n, ZnO. L’amélioration du transfert électronique intergranulaire a été expliquée par le saut des électrons au travers de la LUMO de ces molécules.L’élaboration d’encres de particules semiconductrices stabilisées par de telles molécules a permis la fabrication par voie liquide de jonctions diodes p-n ZnO/BiCuOS avec de bonnes performances malgré l’absence de propriétés photovoltaïques. Plus largement, ce travail est une contribution à la mise en forme de nouveaux systèmes d’électronique hybride par voie de chimie douce, dont le développement permettrait la commercialisation de technologies plus respectueuses de l’environnement.The emerging domain of printed electronics requires new cheap and non-toxic materials for applications such as logic devices, sensors, displays, thermoelectric and photovoltaic devices. It also requires optimizing the conduction in granular semiconductors. BiCuOS has been identified as a promising p-type semiconductor for such applications. However, its high copper under-stoichiometry, induces an important p-type doping, which is detrimental for its use as a photovoltaic absorber. Moreover, like all chalcogenide based materials, it shows a poor chemical stability during sintering, thermal treatment necessary to enhance transport properties. In order to optimize its properties, solutions must be found i) to control the doping content, ii) to obtain good charge carrier mobilities in thin films. On the one hand, we have explored different kinds of substitutions such as iodine for sulfur or silver for copper, which successfully enabled to strongly reduce the charge carrier density. On the other hand, we have studied the effect of grafting conjugated molecules (terephthalic acid and polythiophene derivatives) onto the surface of a model n-type semiconductor (ZnO) to study their effect on the intergranular transport. Electronic transfer improvement occurs by transfer though a lowered energy barrier formed by the LUMO of the molecules. The formulation of optimized inks using these molecules as additives allowed the thin film deposition of p-n diodes formed with ZnO/BiCuOS. Although no photovoltaic effect has been detected yet, the p-n junctions showed high nonlinear properties and are strongly photosensitive. With this work, we have participated to the elaboration of new sulfides and hybrid interfaces systems for the improvement of semiconductor devices. The development of such hybrid electronic devices through soft chemistry method is a valuable step towards the commercialization of sustainable technologies
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Reactivity in SOC devices in link with the electrochemical performances
No full textInternational audienceThanks to the high temperature, Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs) offer a very good efficiency for SOFC and SOEC operations (Fuel cell / Electrolysis); however, the chemical reactivity of a given component with respect to the other ones is often detrimental, temperature playing a major role in this sense. It is particularly true for the oxygen electrode materials, some of them being developped in close collaboration between Imperial College London (Department of Materials) and ICMCB-CNRS. The presentation will focus on such developments performed in common and the look for the best compromise to reach between electrochemical performances and chemical reactivity
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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