Recent Advances in the Development of Nano-Sculpted Films by Magnetron Sputtering for Energy-Related Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Setup
2.2. Characterization Techniques
2.3. Simulation Protocol
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Growth Mechanisms of Metallic Films
3.1.1. Effect of the Angle of Deposition
3.1.2. Effect of the Deposition Pressure
3.1.3. Effect of the Substrate Temperature
3.1.4. Effect of the Substrate Rotation
3.1.5. Evolution of the Porosity
3.2. Nano-Sculpted Oxide Films
3.3. Growth Model for GLAD Deposited Thin Films
3.4. Nano-Sculpted TiO2 Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications
3.4.1. Context
3.4.2. Nano-Sculpted TiO2 Thin Films as Photoanode Material
3.4.3. A Nano-Sculpted TiO2/TiO2 Nanoparticles Hybrid Approach
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Panepinto, A.; Snyders, R. Recent Advances in the Development of Nano-Sculpted Films by Magnetron Sputtering for Energy-Related Applications. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2039. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102039
Panepinto A, Snyders R. Recent Advances in the Development of Nano-Sculpted Films by Magnetron Sputtering for Energy-Related Applications. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(10):2039. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102039
Chicago/Turabian StylePanepinto, Adriano, and Rony Snyders. 2020. "Recent Advances in the Development of Nano-Sculpted Films by Magnetron Sputtering for Energy-Related Applications" Nanomaterials 10, no. 10: 2039. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102039