Techniques for Band Gap Engineering vary, including doping, the introduction of impurities into a semiconductor to alter its electrical properties; strain engineering, where stress is applied to ...

Over the past few years, some studies have tried to devise effective strategies to manipulate strain in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors that are compatible with existing industrial processes.

Sahagún, Scixel) At the heart of strain engineering is the concept that mechanical deformation can significantly impact the electronic band structure ... of energy-efficient and high-performance ...

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 ...

These materials possess band gaps that are well-suited for solar energy conversion, with absorption coefficients that exceed those of traditional high-performance semiconductors. This discovery ...

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, ...