Preparation of Lead-free Thick-film Resistor Pastes

The preparation of lead-free thick-film resistors are reported:using RuO 2 and ruthenates as conductive particles,glass powders composed of B 2 O 3,SiO 2,CaO and Al2 O 3 as insulating phase,adding organic matter which mainly consists of ethyl cellulose and terpineol to form printable pastes.Resistors were fabricated and sintered by conventional screen-printing on 96%Al 2 O 3 substrates,and then sintering in a belt furnace.X-ray diffraction(XRD) and electron scanning microscopy(SEM) have been used to characterize the conductive particles.The resistors exhibit good refiring stability and low temperature coefficient of resistance.Sheet resistance spans from about 80Ω/□ to 600Ω/□.The resistors prepared are qualified for common use.

Efficient micrometer-scale thick-film perovskite solar cells with superior stability

It is essential to enhance the thickness of the absorber layer for perovskite solar cells(PSCs)to improve device performance and reduce industry refinement.However,thick perovskite films(>1μm)are difficult to be fabricated by employing traditional solvents,such as N,N-dimethylformamide(DMF),dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO).Besides,it is a challenge to fabricate thick-film perovskite owing to the deteriorated surface morphology and serious defect density.Herein,a simple method was reported to deposit uniform pinhole-free perovskite films with a thickness of more than 2μm utilizing the methylamine acetate(MAAc)ionic liquid as the solvent.Combined with methylammonium chloride(MACl)as an additive,thick-film perovskite with~2μm in grain size and few grain boundaries(GBs)was prepared,which dramatically improved the perovskite crystal quality and enhanced carrier transport performance.The final PSCs exhibited a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 20.16%.The device showed improved stability with 95%of its initial efficiency in a nitrogen environment over 5000 h.This work provides an alternative strategy to produce extremely efficient and stable thick-film PSCs.It can be believed that this device has great potential in the application of large areas and laminated PSCs.

Deposition of MgB2 Superconducting Films on Different Metal Substrates

By a method of hybrid physical-chemical vapour deposition （HPCVD） on three metal substrates of stainless steel, copper and niobium, we deposit MgB2 superconducting films over 1 μm thickness. All of them have zero resistance temperatures To（O） 〉 36 K and critical current densities Jc （IOK, OT） 〉106 A/cm^2. Meanwhile, in the bending test, all the MgB2 superconducting films adhere strongly to the metal substrates without peeling off. Therefore, the MgB2 superconducting films supplied by the HPCVD method exhibit preferable electrical, magnetic and mechanical properties, and have potential applications in future.

Subtle Side Chain Triggers Unexpected Two-Channel Charge Transport Property Enabling 80%Fill Factors and Efficient Thick-Film Organic Photovoltaics

To clearly show how important the impact of side chains on organic solar cells(OSCs)is,we designed three acceptors IDIC-CxPh(x=4,5,or 6)via subtle side-chain regulation.Despite this small change,significant distinctions were detected.IDIC-C4Ph devices achieve an optimal efficiency of 13.94%under thermal annealing,but thermal-assistant solvent-vapor annealing hugely suppresses the efficiencies to 10%.However,the C6Ph side chain endows extremely disordered stacking orientations,generating moderate efficiencies of~12.50%.Excitingly,the IDIC-C5Ph affords an unexpected two-channel p-p charge transport(TCCT)property,boosting the fill factor(FF)by up to 80.02%and efficiency to 14.56%,ranking the best among five-ring fused-ladder-type acceptors.Impressively,the special TCCT behavior of IDIC-C5Ph enables 470 nm thick-film OSC with a high FF of up to 70.12%and efficiency of 13.01%,demonstrating the great promise in fabricating largescale OSCs.

Achieving Efficient Thick Film All-polymer Solar Cells Using a Green Solvent Additive

Adva nces in orga nic photovoltaic tech no logies have been geared toward industrial high-throughput printing manufacturing,which requires in sensitivity of photovoltaic performance reg a rd i ng to the light-harvesting layer thickness.However,the thickness of light-harvesti ng layer for all polymer solar cells(all-PSCs)is often limited to about 100 nm due to the dramatically decreased fill factor upon increasing film thickness,which hampers the light harvesting capability to in crease the power con versio n efficie ncy,and is un favorable for fabricating large-area devices.Here we dem on strate that by tuning the bulk heterojuncti on morphology using a non-halogenated solvent,cyclopentyl methyl ether,in the presence of a gree n solve nt additive of dibenzyl ether,the power con versio n efficie ncy of all-PSCs with photoactive layer thick nesses of over 500 nm reached an impressively high value of 9%.The gen eric applicability of this gree n solvent additive to boost the power conversion efficiency of thick-film devices is also validated in various bulk heterojunction active layer systems,thus representing a promising approach for the fabrication of all-PSCs toward industrial production,as well as further commercialization.

A NOVEL CATALYTIC SENSOR FOR MONITORING THE CONCENTRATION OF MIXED COMBUSTIBLE GASES

This paper studies gas detectors, especially, gas sensors in which a thermochemical reac-tion takes place on a catalytic element. The novel catalytic sensor is fabricated using micro-electronic thick-film techniques, and it is used to monitor the concentration of combustiblegases and their mixture in a flow reactor. This sensor has two identical platinum films whichare used as the heater, resistance thermometer and the surface of reaction. Catalyst of palla-dium is deposited on one of the platinum film by chemical method, while the other platinumfilm serves as a compensating element. The difference in the minimum reaction temperaturefor the catalytic oxidation of the combustible gas components of mixture by palladium sug-gests that it is possible to analyse such a gas mixture. The purpose of the study is to demon-strate that the sensor fabricated by this process has good sensing characteristics for hydrogenor carbon monoxide gas in the mixture of methane and ethane.