(Nanowerk News) The carrier concentration and conductivity in p-type monovalent copper semiconductors can be significantly enhanced by adding alkali metal impurities, as shown recently by Tokyo Tech ...

This graphic shows how the Lewis acid treatment, p-type doping, and tin chloride concentrations and their effects on palladium diselenide, used in transistors for optoelectronic devices. Credit: Nano ...

A study revealed that a simple thermal reaction of gallium nitride with metallic magnesium results in the formation of a distinctive superlattice structure. This represents the first time researchers ...

For traditional semiconductor materials and devices, controlling the distribution of electrical doping to build an internal electric field is a common method to enhance carrier extraction efficiency, ...

This video explains how semiconductors work and how their electrical properties are controlled using band gaps and doping. Semiconductors are materials that conduct electricity under specific ...

A recent article in Nature Communications introduced a method for precise p- and n-type substitutional doping of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. This method was applied for the one-step growth of ...

Zinc oxide is a “jack of all trades” – thousands of tons are produced all over the world every year for a wide range of uses. Zinc oxide has been used for everything from a food additive to a sun ...

A p-n junction is an interface or boundary between p-type and n-type semiconductor materials within a single semiconductor crystal. The positive (p) side contains excess holes, while the negative (n) ...

Capacitance-voltage (C-V) testing is widely used to determine semiconductor parameters, particularly in MOSCAP and MOSFET structures. However, other types of semiconductor devices and technologies ...

Perovskite solar cells have been the subject of much research as the next generation of photovoltaic devices. However, many challenges remain to be overcome for the practical application. One of them ...