Search results for doped silicon

Materials Science Jul 2, 2020

Crystal structure discovered almost 200 years ago could hold key to solar cell revolution

Solar energy researchers at Oregon State University are shining their scientific spotlight on materials with a crystal structure discovered nearly two centuries ago.

Materials Science Jun 18, 2020

Vapor fix lifts up perovskite crystal performance

A simple and noninvasive treatment could become a prime post-crystallization process to optimize the optoelectronic properties of hybrid perovskite solar cell materials.

Condensed Matter Jun 5, 2020

Scientists demonstrate ion implantation advantages for the use of silicon in optoelectronics

Silicon is the main material in electronic engineering. All information and computing technologies that play a key role in modern civilization are based on silicon: computers, communications, astronautics, biomedicine, robotics ...

Nanophysics Jun 4, 2020

A touch of gold and silver

Metals are usually characterized by good electrical conductivity. This applies in particular to gold and silver. However, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, together with partners ...

Nanomaterials May 26, 2020

Electron microscopy of nanoparticle superlattice formation at a solid-liquid interface in non-polar liquids

Nanoparticle superlattice films that form at the solid-liquid interface are important for mesoscale materials but are challenging to analyze on the onset of formation at a solid-liquid interface. In a new report on Science ...

Optics & Photonics May 19, 2020

New material acts as an efficient frequency multiplier

Higher frequencies mean faster data transfer and more powerful processors—the formula that has been driving the IT industry for years. Technically, however, it is anything but easy to keep increasing clock rates and radio ...

General Physics May 19, 2020

Detecting individual nuclear spins with single rare-earth ions hosted in crystals

Rare-earth minerals are a class of materials with similar properties that are currently used to build a variety of devices, including LEDs, rechargeable batteries, magnets, lasers, and much more. These materials' electron ...

Condensed Matter May 12, 2020

Researchers report memresistor material composition breakthrough

Scientists around the world are intensively working on memristive devices that draw extremely low power and behave similarly to neurons in the brain. Researchers from the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) and the German ...

Nanophysics Apr 23, 2020

Researchers discover ferroelectricity at the atomic scale

As electronic devices become progressively smaller, the technology that powers them needs to get smaller and thinner.

Nanophysics Apr 17, 2020

A robust, sensitive thin-film X-ray detector using 2-D layered perovskite diodes

In a new report on Science Advances, Hsinhan Tsai and a research team in materials, nanotechnology, nuclear engineering and X-ray science at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory in the U.S. ...

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