Investigation of an Electrochemical Method for Separation of Copper, Indium, and Gallium from Pretreated CIGS Solar Cell Waste Materials by Anna M. K. Gustafsson, Fredrik Björefors, Britt-Marie Steenari, Christian Ekberg

“…Recycling of the semiconductor material copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) is important to ensure a future supply of indium and gallium, which are relatively rare and therefore expensive elements. …”
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Application of DC distributed bus bar power systems on ships by Bezhik A. S., Lebedev A. K., Romanovsky V. V., Vlasov A. B.

“…Methods for troubleshooting semiconductor elements included in the frequency converter have been considered. …”
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Real-Time Respiratory Monitoring Using a Sparse-Sampled Frequency-Scanning White-Light Interferometry System by Wenyan Liu, Cheng Qian, Kexin Li, Yiping Wang, Xiaoyan Cai, Qiang Liu

“…We propose a novel sparse-sampled white-light interferometry system for respiratory monitoring, utilizing a monolithic integrated semiconductor tunable laser for quasi-continuous frequency scanning across 191.2–196.15 THz at a sampling rate of 5 kHz. …”
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Grain engineering for efficient near-infrared perovskite light-emitting diodes by Sung-Doo Baek, Wenhao Shao, Weijie Feng, Yuanhao Tang, Yoon Ho Lee, James Loy, William B. Gunnarsson, Hanjun Yang, Yuchen Zhang, M. Bilal Faheem, Poojan Indrajeet Kaswekar, Harindi R. Atapattu, Jiajun Qin, Aidan H. Coffey, Jee Yung Park, Seok Joo Yang, Yu-Ting Yang, Chenhui Zhu, Kang Wang, Kenneth R. Graham, Feng Gao, Quinn Qiao, L. Jay Guo, Barry P. Rand, Letian Dou

“…However, they still fall short of costly III-V semiconductor devices, which achieve external quantum efficiencies above 30% with high brightness. …”
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Hall‐effect sensors based on AlGaN/GaN heterojunctions on Si substrates for a wide temperature range by Sagnik Kumar, R. Muralidharan, G. Narayanan

“…Realisation of two‐dimensional electron gas‐based Hall sensors on Si substrates can have the advantages of low cost and integrability with complementary metal‐oxide semiconductor circuits. Design and fabrication of such Hall sensors and their characterisation over a wide temperature range of 75 to 500 K are reported. …”
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QD/SnO₂ Photoactivated Chemoresistive Sensor for Selective Detection of Primary Alcohols at Room Temperature by Maria Yu. Skrypnik, Vadim B. Platonov, Daria A. Kurtina, Oleg G. Sinyashin, Marina N. Rumyantseva, Roman B. Vasiliev

“…Here, we designed a photoactivated sensor for the selective detection of primary alcohols at room temperature using CdSe quantum dots coupled to a wide-gap SnO₂ semiconductor matrix. Our concept of the sensor operations is based on the photochemical reaction of primary alcohols via photoactivated QD-SnO₂ charge transfer and does not involve chemisorbed oxygen, which is traditional for the operation of metal oxide sensors. …”
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Field measurement of atmospheric CO₂ column abundance based on portable laser heterodyne radiometer by Yong Wang, Yong Wang, Maolei Zhang, Maolei Zhang, Jiapeng Wang, Jiapeng Wang, Gang Wang, Gang Wang, Ruyue Cui, Ruyue Cui, Lei Dong, Lei Dong, Hongpeng Wu, Hongpeng Wu

“…The instrument modulates the solar radiation using a fiber optic switch and amplifies the solar radiation through a semiconductor optical amplifier. The local oscillator laser is progressively scanned at the strong absorption characteristic of 1572.02 nm. …”
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Nitrogen Incorporation in TiO2: Does It Make a Visible Light Photo-Active Material? by B. Viswanathan, K. R. Krishanmurthy

“…Titania is the preferred semiconductor for this process, in spite of its large band gap (~3.2 eV) that restricts its utility only in the UV region. …”
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Physical Insights into Molecular Sensors, Molecular Logic Gates, and Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy by Demeter Tzeli, Ioannis D. Petsalakis

“…In the field of molecular sensors, it plays a considerable role on the detection of molecular systems to serve as fluorescence sensors, switches, and molecular logic gates (MLG) replacing the semiconductor electronics, while in the field of photodynamic therapy, it acts competitive. …”
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LDDP-Net: A Lightweight Neural Network with Dual Decoding Paths for Defect Segmentation of LED Chips by Jie Zhang, Ning Chen, Mengyuan Li, Yifan Zhang, Xinyu Suo, Rong Li, Jian Liu

“…Chip defect detection is a crucial aspect of the semiconductor production industry, given its significant impact on chip performance. …”
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Enhancing Photocatalytic Performance through Tuning the Interfacial Process between -Assembled and Pt-Loaded Microspheres by Jun Zhang, Liping Li, Guangshe Li

“…This work reports on a simple two-step approach to rutile TiO2-assembled microspheres loaded by Pt with an aim to tune semiconductor-metal interfacial processes for enhancing the photocatalytic performance. …”
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Computational insights into spin-polarized density functional theory applied to actinide-based perovskites XBkO₃ (X = Sr, Ra, Pb) by Youssef Didi, Mounir Belhajji, Soufiane Bahhar, Abdellah Tahiri, Mohamed Naji, Abdelilah Rjeb, Hatim G. Zaini, Aymen Flah, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim, Ahmed B. Abou Sharaf, Mofreh A. Hashim

“…Focusing on PbBkO3, RaBkO3, and SrBkO3, these materials were studied using density functional theory (DFT) via the CASTEP code to analyze their electronic, optical, and mechanical properties. The results show semiconductor behavior, with respective band gaps of 1.320 eV for PbBkO3, 3.415 eV for RaBkO3, and 2.775 eV for SrBkO3. …”
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Sulfur-vulcanized CoFe2O4 with high-efficiency photo-to-thermal conversion for enhanced CO2 reduction and mechanistic insights into selectivity by Xiaoke Chen, Ming Cai, Pengwei Huo, Yan Yan, Yue Zhang, Pengxin Li, Zhi Zhu

“…Semiconductor photocatalysts often exhibit low CO2 reduction activity due to inherent limitations. …”
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All-Optically Controlled Memristive Device Based on Cu2O/TiO2 Heterostructure Toward Neuromorphic Visual System by Jun Xie, Xuanyu Shan, Ningbo Zou, Ya Lin, Zhongqiang Wang, Ye Tao, Xiaoning Zhao, Haiyang Xu, Yichun Liu

“…In particular, memristive materials with all-optical modulation and complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatibility are highly desired for energy-efficient image perception. …”
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A Novel Experimental and Approach of Diagnosis, Partial Shading, and Fault Detection for Domestic Purposes Photovoltaic System Using Data Exchange of Adjacent Panels by H. A. Raeisi, S. M. Sadeghzadeh

“…This suggested innovative algorithm is proficient in detecting these subjects: (a) fault, (b) partial shading condition, (c) solar panel (d) panel’s relevant bypass diode failure, (d) converter failure alongside specifying the failed semiconductor, and (e) PV disconnection failure. The simulation process has been implemented using MATLAB/Simulink software. …”
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Experimental Study of the Reduction of the Dose to the Radiographic Operator Using an Additional Rectangular Collimator and Detector Holder During Handheld Exposure with a Portable... by Yusei Otaka, Yasuo Harata, Maki Izawa, Noriyoshi Shiba, Nobutoshi Takahashi, Shinji Kito

“…Materials and Methods: Dose was measured using a cylindrical polymethylmethacrylate phantom and two semiconductor dosimeters. Stray radiation from the phantom and the X-ray device was measured at 15-degree intervals in horizontal and vertical circles with radii of 50 cm and 100 cm from the center of the phantom. …”
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Enhanced UV–Vis Rejection Ratio in Metal/BaTiO3/β‐Ga2O3 Solar‐Blind Photodetectors by Nathan Wriedt, Lingyu Meng, Dong Su Yu, Chris Chae, Kyle Liddy, Ashok Dheenan, Sushovan Dhara, Roberto C. Myers, Oleg Maksimov, Richard Blakeley, Sanjay Krishna, Jinwoo Hwang, Hongping Zhao, Joe McGlone, Siddharth Rajan

“…In this work, structures are introduced that employ high‐permittivity dielectric/semiconductor heterojunctions to enhance the performance of a Schottky photodetector. …”
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Wavelength Tuning Free Transceiver Module in OLT Downstream Multicasting 4λ × 10 Gb/s TWDM-PON System by M. S. Salleh, A. S. M. Supa’at, S. M. Idrus, S. Yaakob, Z. M. Yusof

“…Meanwhile, the fixed wavelength optical line terminal (OLT) transmitter with wavelength tuning free features has been designed to integrate with the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and passive arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). …”
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Microwave Imaging Using CMOS Integrated Circuits with Rotating 4 × 4 Antenna Array on a Breast Phantom by Hang Song, Afreen Azhari, Xia Xiao, Eiji Suematsu, Hiromasa Watanabe, Takamaro Kikkawa

“…A digital breast cancer detection system using 65 nm technology complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits with rotating 4 × 4 antenna array is presented. …”
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The Effect of Metal Shielding Layer on Electrostatic Attraction Issue in Glass–Silicon Anodic Bonding by Wenqi Yang, Yong Ruan, Zhiqiang Song

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