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Alain Billard
Researcher at Universite de technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard
Publications - 63
Citations - 2389
Alain Billard is an academic researcher from Universite de technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sputtering & Thin film. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 54 publications receiving 2112 citations. Previous affiliations of Alain Billard include Centre national de la recherche scientifique & Mines ParisTech.
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Cuprite, paramelaconite and tenorite films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering
TL;DR: In this article, the thermal stability in air of cuprite, paramelaconite and tenorite films has been investigated and the results show that the stability of Cu2O and Cu4O3 films in air is influenced by the thickness and/or the texture of the films.
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Reactive magnetron sputtering of copper, silver, and gold
TL;DR: In this paper, copper, silver, and gold targets were sputtered in various reactive gas mixtures (Ar-N 2, Ar-O 2, and Ar-CH 4 ) to compare the reactivity of noble metal atoms during the sputtering process.
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Early studies on Cr-Coated Zircaloy-4 as enhanced accident tolerant nuclear fuel claddings for light water reactors
Jean-Christophe Brachet,Isabel Idarraga-Trujillo,Marion Le Flem,Matthieu Le Saux,Valérie Vandenberghe,Valérie Vandenberghe,Stéphane Urvoy,Elodie Rouesne,T. Guilbert,Caroline Toffolon-Masclet,Marc Tupin,Christian Phalippou,Fernando Lomello,Frédéric Schuster,Alain Billard,Gihan Velisa,Cédric Ducros,Frédéric Sanchette +17 more
TL;DR: In this article, the first generation of chromium-based coatings exhibited the most promising behavior: good compromise between oxidation resistance and adhesion to the metallic substrate, good fretting resistance and improved resistance to oxidation in steam at high temperature.
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Study of Germanium as Electrode in Thin-Film Battery
TL;DR: In this paper, spitter-deposited gemanium thin films were investigated as negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries, and the stable capacity was ∼ 1460 mAh g -1, with an increase over the 180 first cycles for n-doped germanium coatings.
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Experimental Activity Descriptors for Iridium-Based Catalysts for the Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER)
Camillo Spöri,Pascal Briois,Hong Nhan Nong,Hong Nhan Nong,Tobias Reier,Alain Billard,Stefanie Kühl,Detre Teschner,Peter Strasser +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the activity improvement of anode catalysts for acidic electrochemical water splitting was largely achieved through empirical studies of iridium-based bimetallic oxides, and the results showed that iridium based bimetal oxides can improve the performance of the anode catalyst for water splitting.