On the periodic table, semiconductors (also known as metalloids) crop up along ... more energy efficient than purely NMOS or PMOS logic. Semiconductors rely on quantum effects such as band gaps ...

Semiconductor Physics and Flat Band Potential Semiconductors are materials with electrical properties that lie between those of conductors and insulators. In semiconductors, valence electrons occupy ...

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 ...

These materials possess band gaps ... solar energy conversion, with absorption coefficients that exceed those of traditional high-performance semiconductors. This discovery opens up new avenues ...