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@PHDTHESIS{CadizBedini:848178,
      author       = {Cadiz Bedini, Andrew Paolo},
      title        = {{S}onochemical {S}ynthesis of {S}ilicon {H}ydride
                      {P}olymers and {S}ilicon {N}anoparticles from {L}iquid
                      {S}ilanes},
      volume       = {423},
      school       = {RWTH Aachen},
      type         = {Dissertation},
      address      = {Jülich},
      publisher    = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2018-03444},
      isbn         = {978-3-95806-329-7},
      series       = {Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich Reihe Energie $\&$
                      Umwelt / Energy $\&$ Environment},
      pages        = {viii, 132, XVIII S.},
      year         = {2018},
      note         = {RWTH Aachen, Diss., 2018},
      abstract     = {The present thesis is concerned with the use of ultrasound
                      for the treatment of liquid silanes with the objective of
                      fabricating solution-processable inks containing silicon
                      hydride polymers and silicon nanoparticles. Also
                      demonstrated is the subsequent use of the inks to deposit
                      semiconducting hydrogenated amorphous silicon(a-Si:H) thin
                      films and for fabricating passivation layers and thin-film
                      photovoltaicdevices.The sonochemical effects of ultrasound
                      on two lower silanes, namely cyclopentasilane(Si5H10) and
                      trisilane (Si3H8) were studied. The processing of the
                      silanes wascarried out in the inert N2-atmosphere and in
                      solution using cyclooctane (C8H16)as solvent at ambient
                      pressure, and at temperatures between -15–70 $^{\circ}$C.
                      Using cyclopentasilane as monomer molecule it was shown via
                      size exclusion chromatography and optical transmission
                      measurements that sonication of 8–15 wt\% solutions
                      results in ring-opening polymerization without the need to
                      use ultraviolet light. In addition, through comparisons to
                      purely thermally treated solutions it was demonstrated that
                      the polymerization process is not initiated pyrolytically
                      due to the “macroscopic” temperature of the solution
                      itself, but rather that microscopic effects associated with
                      acoustic cavitation are most likely responsible for
                      triggering polymer growth. [...]},
      cin          = {IEK-5},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-5-20101013},
      pnm          = {121 - Solar cells of the next generation (POF3-121)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-121},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3 / PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
      urn          = {urn:nbn:de:0001-2018061518},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/848178},
}