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20182026
most citedPaper-based ZnO self-powered sensors and nanogenerators by plasma technology

28 citations · 31 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Icing monitoring with thickness shear acoustic waves

Jaime del Moral, Miguel González del Val, Víctor Rico +8

Icing monitoring and ice detection are critical challenges across many industries where ice formation can severely degrade performance or compromise safety. Conventional ice sensin…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Tunable Conformal Graphene Growth on Oxide Nanotube scaffolds: Towards Superwettable Hierarchical 2D-3D Architectures

Fernando Nunez Galvez, Muhammad Hamza, Johannes Berndt +7

Hierarchical hybrid nanoarchitectures that integrate vertically oriented graphene nanowalls, GNWs, with metal oxide, MeOx, nanotube scaffolds offer versatile platform for smart sur…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Unlocking the hybrid piezo and pyroelectric nanogenerators performance by SiO2 nanowires confinement in poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Juan Delgado-Alvarez, Hari Krishna Mishra, Francisco J. Aparicio +5

We report on the development of a novel flexible piezo/pyro-electric nanogenerator (PPNG) that combines a uniform film of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) infiltrated over vertical…

physics.app-ph2025

Enhanced Luminous Transmission and Solar Modulation in Thermochromic VO2 Aerogel-Like Films via Remote Plasma Deposition

Jose M. Obrero-Perez, Gloria Moreno-Martinez, Teresa C. Rojas +9

Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a thermochromic material that undergoes a phase transition from a monoclinic semiconducting state to a rutile metallic state at 68 degrees C, a temperatur…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Low-Temperature Remote Plasma Synthesis of Highly Porous TiO as Electron Transport Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells

Jose M. Obrero-Perez, Fernando Nunez-Galvez, Lidia Contreras-Bernal +9

Halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) offer high efficiency and low costs, making them key for future photovoltaics. Optimizing charge transport layers is crucial, with porous TiO$_…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Boosting Perovskite Solar Cell Stability: Dual Protection with Ultrathin Plasma Polymer Passivation Layers

Mahmoud Nabil, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Gloria P. Moreno-Martinez +8

Metal halide perovskite solar cells (MHPSCs) hold great promise related to their high efficiency and low fabrication costs, but their long-term stability under environmental condit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 2 cited

Water-resistant hybrid perovskite solar cell -- drop triboelectric energy harvester

Fernando Nunez-Galvez, Xabier Garcia-Casas, Lidia Contreras Bernal +11

Hybrid energy-harvesting systems combining perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with drop-driven triboelectric nanogenerators (D-TENGs) provide continuous power under various weather cond…

physics.app-ph2024

Triboelectric Pixels as building blocks for microscale and large area integration of drop energy harvesters

Ali Ghaffarinejad, Xabier Garcia-Casas, Fernando Nunez-Galvez +6

The ultimate step towards the exploitation of water as a clean and renewable energy source addresses the energies stored in the low frequencies of liquid flows, which demands flexi…

physics.app-ph2024

Highly stable photoluminescence in vacuum-processed halide perovskite core-shell 1D nanostructures

Javier Castillo-Seoane, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, T. Cristina Rojas +6

Hybrid organometal halide perovskites (HP) present exceptional optoelectronic properties, but their poor long-term stability is a major bottleneck for their commercialization. Here…

physics.app-ph2023

Multidimensional nanoarchitectures for improved indoor light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells

Javier Castillo-Seoane, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Antonio J. Riquelme +8

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) have recently regained attention for indoor light harvesting and powering wireless devices. Advantages such as cost-effectiveness, flexibility, w…

physics.app-ph2023

Conformal TiO aerogel-like films by plasma deposition: from omniphobic antireflective coatings to perovskite solar cells photoelectrodes

Jose M. Obrero, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Francisco J. Aparicio +12

The ability to control porosity in oxide thin films is one of the key factors that determine their properties. Despite the abundance of dry processes for the synthesis of oxide por…

physics.app-ph2023★ 28 cited

Paper-based ZnO self-powered sensors and nanogenerators by plasma technology

Xabier Garcia-Casas, Francisco J. Aparicio, Jorge Budagosky +7

Nanogenerators and self-powered nanosensors have shown the potential to power low-consumption electronics and human-machine interfaces, but their practical implementation requires…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 1 cited

Ultrathin plasma polymer passivation of perovskite solar cells for improved stability and reproducibility

Jose M. Obrero-Perez, Lidia Contreras-Bernal+, Fernando Nunez-Galvez +7

Despite the youthfulness of hybrid halide perovskite solar cells, their efficiencies are currently comparable to commercial silicon and have surpassed quantum-dots solar cells. Yet…

physics.optics2021

Highly anisotropic organometal halide perovskite nanowalls grown by Glancing Angle Deposition

Javier Castillo-Seoane, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jose M. Obrero-Perez +9

Polarizers are ubiquitous components in optoelectronic devices of daily use as displays, optical sensors or photographic cameras, among others. Yet the control over light polarizat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Coarse-grained approach to amorphous and anisotropic materials in Kinetic Monte Carlo thin-films growth simulations: a case study of TiO2 and ZnO by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

Jorge Budagosky, Xabier Garcia-Casas, Juan R. Sanchez-Valencia +2

The growth of amorphous TiO2 and anisotropic-polycrystalline ZnO thin-films is studied by means of coarse-grained three-dimensional kinetic Montecarlo simulations under conditions…

physics.app-ph2021

One-reactor vacuum and plasma synthesis of transparent conducting oxide nanotubes and nanotrees: from single wire conductivity to ultra-broadband perfect absorbers in the NIR

Javier Castillo-Seoane, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Victor Lopez-Flores +9

The eventual exploitation of one-dimensional nanomaterials yet needs the development of scalable, high yield, homogeneous, and environmentally friendly methods able to meet the req…

physics.app-ph2018

3D core@multishell piezoelectric nanogenerators

Alejandro-Nicolas Filippin, Juan-Ramon Sanchez-Valencia, Xabier Garcia-Casas +5

The thin film configuration presents obvious practical advantages over the 1D implementation in energy harvesting systems such as easily manufacturing and processing and long lasti…