• openAccess   Effect of Al, Ga, and In Doping on the Optical, Structural, and Electric Properties of ZnO Thin Films 

      Porcar García, Samuel; González Cuadra, Jaime; Fraga Chiva, Diego; Stoyanova Lyubenova, Teodora; Soraca, Gina; Carda Castelló, Juan Bautista MDPI (2021-11-01)
      ZnO thin films with oxygen vacancies and doped with Al, Ga, and In (Zn1-xMxO1−y (x = 0.03)) have been successfully deposited on soda-lime glass substrates using a simple soft chemical method. The crystalline structure shows ...
    • openAccess   Enhanced Electrical Properties of Alkali-Doped ZnO Thin Films with Chemical Process 

      González Cuadra, Jaime; Porcar García, Samuel; Fraga Chiva, Diego; Lyubenova, Teodora; Carda Castelló, Juan Bautista MDPI (2021)
      Doped ZnO are among the most attractive transparent conductive oxides for solar cells because they are relatively cheap, can be textured for light trapping, and readily produced for large-scale coatings. Here, we focus on ...
    • openAccess   Functional properties of transparent ZnO thin films synthetized by using spray pyrolysis for environmental and biomedical applications 

      González Cuadra, Jaime; Sousa, Ana Cristina Estrada Morais Gonçalves de; Oliveira, Cláudia; Lahlahi Attalhaoui, Abderrahim; Porcar García, Samuel; Fraga Chiva, Diego; Trindade, Tito; Seabra, Maria Paula; Labrincha, Joao; Carda Castelló, Juan Bautista Elsevier (2023-08-02)
      Spray pyrolysis is a promising method for producing thin, transparent films on glass substrates. ZnO thin films synthesized by this method exhibit high crystallinity, adhesion and chemical resistance. They also possess the ...
    • openAccess   Multifunctional silver-coated transparent TiO2 thin films for photocatalytic and antimicrobial applications 

      González Cuadra, Jaime; Molina-Prados, Sergio; Mínguez-Vega, Gladys; Estrada, Ana C.; Trindade, Tito; Oliveira, C.; Seabra, M. P.; Labrincha, Joao; Porcar García, Samuel; Cadena, R.; Fraga Chiva, Diego; Carda Castelló, Juan Bautista Elsevier (2023)
      Transparent TiO2 thin films coated with Ag NPs were synthesized using two industrially applicable techniques, pulsed laser ablation (PLAL) and spray pyrolysis without using high vacuum. These transparent thin films ...
    • openAccess   ZnO/Ag Nanocomposites with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity 

      González Cuadra, Jaime; Scalschi, Loredana; Vicedo, Begonya; Guc, Maxim; Izquierdo-Roca, Víctor; Porcar García, Samuel; Fraga Chiva, Diego; Carda Castelló, Juan Bautista MDPI (2022-05-02)
      In this study, ZnO/Ag nanocomposites were synthesized using a facile chemical route involving metallic precursors of zinc acetate dehydrate and silver acetate, and dissolving the two metallic precursors in EtOH. The final ...