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P. Roca i Cabarrocas

P. Roca i Cabarrocas

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Materials Science

D-Index
65
Citations
14289
World Ranking
5662
National Ranking
140

Overview

P. Roca i Cabarrocas is affiliated with École Polytechnique in France. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily within Engineering, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. They have contributed extensively to advancing knowledge in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, Optics, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
  • Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design
  • Semiconductor materials and devices

They have frequently published in journals such as Applied Surface Science, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), SSRN Electronic Journal, and EPJ Photovoltaics.

Among recent published papers are:

  • Highly flexible radial tandem junction thin film solar cells with excellent power-to-weight ratio, 2021, Nano Energy
  • Single-Crystal Nanowire Cesium Tin Triiodide Perovskite Solar Cell, 2023, Small
  • Liquid-Assisted Vapor-Solid-Solid Silicon Nanowire Growth Mechanism Revealed by In Situ TEM When Using Cu-Sn Bimetallic Catalysts, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Impact of PECVD-prepared interfacial Si and SiGe layers on epitaxial Si films grown by PECVD (200 °C) and APCVD (1130 °C), 2021, Applied Surface Science
  • Three-Terminal Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Exceeding 29% Power Conversion Efficiency, 2023, ACS Energy Letters

P. Roca i Cabarrocas collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Wanghua Chen, Jean-Luc Maurice, Pavel Bulkin, Ileana Florea, and Martin Foldyna. These collaborations are reflected in multiple joint publications across various research topics related to semiconductor and solar cell technologies.

Best Publications

  • A fully automated hot-wall multiplasma-monochamber reactor for thin film deposition

    P. Roca i Cabarrocas;J. B. Chévrier;J. Huc;A. Lloret

  • Structure and hydrogen content of polymorphous silicon thin films studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry and nuclear measurements

    A. Fontcuberta i Morral;P. Roca i Cabarrocas;C. Clerc

  • Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of amorphous, polymorphous and microcrystalline silicon films

    P Roca i Cabarrocas

  • Influence of Cu as a catalyst on the properties of silicon nanowires synthesized by the vapour?solid?solid mechanism

    Jordi Arbiol;Billel Kalache;Pere Roca i Cabarrocas;Joan Ramon Morante

  • Substrate selectivity in the formation of microcrystalline silicon: Mechanisms and technological consequences

    P. Roca i Cabarrocas;N. Layadi;T. Heitz;B. Drévillon

  • Real-time spectroscopic ellipsometry study of the growth of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon thin films prepared by alternating silicon deposition and hydrogen plasma treatment.

    N. Layadi;P. Roca i Cabarrocas;B. Drévillon;I. Solomon

  • High efficiency and stable hydrogenated amorphous silicon radial junction solar cells built on VLS-grown silicon nanowires

    Soumyadeep Misra;Linwei Yu;Linwei Yu;Martin Foldyna;Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

  • Growth and optoelectronic properties of polymorphous silicon thin films

    P. Roca i Cabarrocas;A. Fontcuberta i Morral;Y. Poissant

  • Ion bombardment effects on microcrystalline silicon growth mechanisms and on the film properties

    B. Kalache;A. I. Kosarev;R. Vanderhaghen;P. Roca i Cabarrocas

  • Plasma-enhanced low temperature growth of silicon nanowires and hierarchical structures by using tin and indium catalysts.

    Linwei Yu;Benedict O’Donnell;Pierre-Jean Alet;Pierre-Jean Alet;S Conesa-Boj

  • Plasma texturing for silicon solar cells: From pyramids to inverted pyramids-like structures

    M. Moreno;D. Daineka;P. Roca i Cabarrocas

  • Incorporation and redistribution of impurities into silicon nanowires during metal-particle-assisted growth

    Wanghua Chen;Linwei Yu;Soumyadeep Misra;Zheng Fan

  • Experimental evidence for nanoparticle deposition in continuous argon–silane plasmas: Effects of silicon nanoparticles on film properties

    Pere Roca i Cabarrocas;Aomar Hadjadj

  • a-Si:H Deposition from SiH 4 and Si 2 H 6 rf-Discharges: Pressure and Temperature Dependence of Film Growth in Relation to α−γ Discharge Transition

    Jérôme Perrin;Pere Roca i Cabarrocas;Bruno Allain;Jean-Marie Friedt

  • Contribution of ions to the growth of amorphous, polymorphous, and microcrystalline silicon thin films

    E. A. G. Hamers;A. Fontcuberta i Morral;C. Niikura;R. Brenot

  • Midgap density of states in hydrogenated polymorphous silicon

    M. Meaudre;R. Meaudre;R. Butté;S. Vignoli

  • An in-plane solid-liquid-solid growth mode for self-avoiding lateral silicon nanowires.

    Linwei Yu;Pierre-Jean Alet;Pierre-Jean Alet;Gennaro Picardi;Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

  • Atomic structure of the nanocrystalline Si particles appearing in nanostructured Si thin films produced in low-temperature radiofrequency plasmas

    G. Viera;M. Mikikian;E. Bertran;P. Roca i Cabarrocas

  • Observation of incubation times in the nucleation of silicon nanowires obtained by the vapor-liquid-solid method

    Billel Kalache;Pere Roca i Cabarrocas;Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

  • In situ investigation of the growth of rf glow-discharge deposited amorphous germanium and silicon films

    A. M. Antoine;B. Drevillon;P. Roca i Cabarrocas

  • Stable microcrystalline silicon thin-film transistors produced by the layer-by-layer technique

    P. Roca i Cabarrocas;R. Brenot;P. Bulkin;R. Vanderhaghen

  • Nanoparticle formation in low-pressure silane plasmas: bridging the gap between a-Si:H and μc-Si films

    P Roca i Cabarrocas;S Hamma;S.N Sharma;G Viera

Frequent Co-Authors

Sigurd Wagner
Sigurd Wagner Princeton University
John R. Abelson
John R. Abelson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ramon Alcubilla
Ramon Alcubilla Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Rodrigo Martins
Rodrigo Martins Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Elvira Fortunato
Elvira Fortunato Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Gilles Patriarche
Gilles Patriarche Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ki-Dong Lee
Ki-Dong Lee LG Corporation (South Korea)
Nicolas Triantafyllidis
Nicolas Triantafyllidis École Polytechnique
Jordi Arbiol
Jordi Arbiol Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Isabel Ferreira
Isabel Ferreira University of Porto

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