A new publication in Opto-Electronic Science discusses boosting UV light absorption ... semiconductor particles with unique optical and electronic properties, including size-dependent energy ...

This breakthrough holds great promise to transform solar energy ... semiconductor, meaning it relies on phonons (the lattice ...

In semiconductor physics ... devices and applications. The flat band potential also plays a vital role in the photocurrent of a photoelectrochemical cell, impacting the cell's efficiency in converting ...

This work reports the design of an efficient multiband UC system based on Ln3+/Yb3+-doped core-shell upconversion ...

allowing them to absorb and emit light at specific wavelengths. Intermediate Band: A band of energy levels within a semiconductor that allows for the absorption of lower-energy photons ...

where light excites nanomaterials to form excitons that interact and share energy with each other. Historically, ...

When the thickness of the semiconductor layer is comparable to the de Broglie wavelength of the charge carriers, quantum confinement effects become significant. The confinement leads to the formation ...

Energy band structures of metal and insulator, Definition of semiconductor, Electrons and holes, and Effective mass. In this module, we will cover carrier statistics. Topics include Currents in ...

In this module on metal-semiconductor contacts, we will cover the following topics: Device structure, Equilibrium energy band diagram, Electrostatic analysis, Energy band diagram under bias, ...