Preparation of a Counter Electrode with P-Type NiO and Its Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell by Chuen-Shii Chou, Chin-Min Hsiung, Chun-Po Wang, Ru-Yuan Yang, Ming-Geng Guo

“…This study investigates the applicability of a counter electrode with a P-type semiconductor oxide (such as NiO) on a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). …”
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Boron phosphide microwires based on-chip electrocatalytic oxygen evolution microdevice by Hongwei Su, Qing Guo, Hongtao Li, Alei Li, Yunlei Zhong, Xu Zhang, Lin Geng, Shuai Liu, Liuqi Dong, Xiaohang Pan, Lin Wang, Lixing Kang

“…Electrical property and band structure analysis revealed BP as a one-dimensional p-type semiconductor with a wide band gap. We constructed an on-chip electrocatalytic microdevice using individual BP microwires to evaluate OER performance. …”
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Optimizing MoS2 Electrolyte‐Gated Transistors: Stability, Performance, and Sensitivity Enhancements by Steffen Rühl, Giovanni Ligorio, Max Heyl, Emil J. W. List‐Kratochvil

“…Postmortem analysis identified key areas for improvement leadinf to three major modifications: 1) a double‐junction Ag/AgCl electrode to prevent ion leakage, 2) a protective resist layer to shields the monolayer, and 3) precise etching to confine the semiconductor material, reducing parasitic currents. …”
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Enhanced Terahertz Sensing via On-Chip Integration of Diffractive Optics with InGaAs Bow-Tie Detectors by Karolis Redeckas, Vytautas Jakštas, Matas Bernatonis, Vincas Tamošiūnas, Gintaras Valušis, Linas Minkevičius

“…This work demonstrates the single-sided integration of Fresnel-zone-plate-based optical elements with InGaAs bow-tie diodes directly on a semiconductor chip. Numerical simulations were conducted to optimize the Fresnel zone plate’s focal length and the InP substrate’s thickness to achieve constructive interference at 600 GHz, room-temperature operation and achieve a sensitivity more than an order of magnitude higher—up to 24.5 V/W—than that of a standalone bow-tie detector. …”
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Verdazyl radical polymers for advanced organic spintronics by Hamas Tahir, Kangying Liu, Yun-Fang Yang, Kaushik Baruah, Brett M. Savoie, Bryan W. Boudouris

“…Abstract Spin currents have long been suggested as a potential solution to addressing circuit miniaturization challenges in the semiconductor industry. While many semiconducting materials have been extensively explored for spintronic applications, issues regarding device performance, materials stability, and efficient spin current generation at room temperature persist. …”
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Gas-Purged Headspace Liquid Phase Microextraction System for Determination of Volatile and Semivolatile Analytes by Meihua Zhang, Jinhu Bi, Cui Yang, Donghao Li, Xiangfan Piao

“…In order to achieve rapid, automatic, and efficient extraction for trace chemicals from samples, a system of gas-purged headspace liquid phase microextraction (GP-HS-LPME) has been researched and developed based on the original HS-LPME technique. In this system, semiconductor condenser and heater, whose refrigerating and heating temperatures were controlled by microcontroller, were designed to cool the extraction solvent and to heat the sample, respectively. …”
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High Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Ruthenium and Metal-Free Dyes by Che-Lung Lee, Wen-Hsi Lee, Cheng-Hsien Yang

“…The influence of using different concentrations of triazoloisoquinoline based small molecule as coadsorbent to modify the monolayer of a TiO2 semiconductor on the performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell is studied. …”
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Controlled Assembly of Nanorod TiO2 Crystals via a Sintering Process: Photoanode Properties in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Saeid Vafaei, Kazuhiro Manseki, Soki Horita, Masaki Matsui, Takashi Sugiura

“…The purpose of this research is (i) to control crystallization of the mixture of two kinds of TiO2 semiconductor nanocrystals, that is, 3D BR-TiO2 and spherical anatase TiO2 (SA-TiO2) on FTO substrate via sintering process and (ii) to establish a new method to create photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). …”
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Unveiling the complex morphologies of sessile droplets on heterogeneous surfaces by Yanchen Wu, Hongmin Zhang, Fei Wang, Britta Nestler

“…In high-resolution manufacturing processes, e.g., semiconductor chips, precise control over wetting shapes is crucial for production accuracy. …”
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Preparation of AgBiS2 thin films with vapor-assisted solution method for flexible near-infrared photodetectors by Zhirong Liu, Xiongjie Li, Xiaoting Ma, Haixuan Yu, Wanpeng Yang, Ronghua Luo, Yuping Liu, Yan Shen, Mingkui Wang

“…Using a simple metal/semiconductor/metal device as a demonstration, the as-prepared AgBiS2-based flexible NIR photodetectors (NPDs) exhibit a high linear dynamic range of 103.6 dB. …”
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Investigation of Solar Hybrid Electric/Thermal System with Radiation Concentrator and Thermoelectric Generator by Edgar Arturo Chávez Urbiola, Yuri Vorobiev

“…The system included an electrical generating unit with 6 serially connected TEGs using a traditional semiconductor material, Bi2Te3, which was illuminated by concentrated solar radiation on one side and cooled by running water on the other side. …”
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Near-Infrared All-Silicon Photodetectors by M. Casalino, G. Coppola, M. Iodice, I. Rendina, L. Sirleto

“…The technological steps utilized to fabricate the devices allow an efficiently monolithic integration with complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible structures.…”
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An Asynchronous Low Power and High Performance VLSI Architecture for Viterbi Decoder Implemented with Quasi Delay Insensitive Templates by T. Kalavathi Devi, Sakthivel Palaniappan

“…The functionality of the proposed asynchronous design is simulated and verified using Tanner Spice (TSPICE) in 0.25 µm, 65 nm, and 180 nm technologies of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacture Company (TSMC). The simulation result illustrates that the asynchronous design techniques have 25.21% of power reduction compared to synchronous design and work at a speed of 475 MHz.…”
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RETRACTED: Technology of stabilizing parameters of twocolor light-emitting diodes by Kuldashov Obbozjon, Ismoilov Ma’murjon, Komilov Abdullajon, Ergashev Shokhboz, Maxmudov Isroiljon, Tadjibayev Ilxomjon, Madaminov Muhriddin

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Circuit Distortion Analysis Based on the Simplified Newton's Method by M. M. Gourary, S. G. Rusakov, S. L. Ulyanov, M. M. Zharov, B. J. Mulvaney

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Modelling of quantum yields in photocatalytic membrane reactors immobilising titanium dioxide by Ignazio Renato Bellobono, Giulia de Martini, Paola Maria Tozzi, Carmen Canevali, Franca Morazzoni, Roberto Scotti, Riccardo Bianchi

“…By having thus established that quantum yields of photomineralisation Φ∞ are independent of radiation wavelength, within the absorption range of semiconductor, but depend on radiant power, such a dependency was experimentally investigated. …”
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Scaling Logic Area With Multitier Standard Cells by Florian Freye, Christian Lanius, Hossein Hashemi Shadmehri, Diana Gohringer, Tobias Gemmeke

“…While the footprint of digital complementary metal-oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) circuits has continued to decrease over the years, physical limitations for further intralayer geometric scaling become apparent. …”
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UV Filtering of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Effects of Varying the UV Cut-Off upon Cell Performance and Incident Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency by Matthew Carnie, Trystan Watson, David Worsley

“…From the results presented it can be estimated that filtering at a level intended to prevent direct band gap excitation of the TiO2 semiconductor should cause a relative drop in cell efficiency of no more than 10% in forward illuminated devices and no more than 2% in reverse illuminated devices.…”
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Unveiling the Multifaceted Nature of Sr2FeMoO6 Double Perovskites: Insights into Electronic and Optical Properties by Hajjami Manal, Oublkacem Ali, Benhouria Younes

“…The results of these calculations reveal that the compound exhibits distinct behaviour as a direct bandgap semiconductor for both spin directions. An in-depth analysis of the dielectric function provides crucial insights into the optical absorption characteristics. …”
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Design of Analog Signal Processing Applications Using Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor-Based Low-Power Folded Cascode Operational Amplifier by Varsha S. Bendre, A. K. Kureshi, Saurabh Waykole

“…Carbon nanotube (CNT) is one of the embryonic technologies within recent inventions towards miniaturization of semiconductor devices and is gaining much attention due to very high throughput and very extensive series of applications in various analog/mixed signal applications of today’s high-speed era. …”
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