Vacuum electrospray deposition for face-on orientation and interface preservation in organic photovoltaics by Younjoo Lee, Junkyeong Jeong, Kwanwook Jung, Jeihyun Lee, Yungsik Youn, Soohyung Park, Hyunbok Lee, Yeonjin Yi

“…These results highlight the potential of VESD as a versatile technique for controlling molecular orientation in solution-processable organic semiconductors, enabling the development of highly efficient devices with fewer charge traps without relying on synthetic or epitaxial methods.…”
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An Improved Topology of Isolated Bidirectional Resonant DC-DC Converter Based on Wide Bandgap Transistors for Electric Vehicle Onboard Chargers by Md. Tanvir Shahed, A. B. M. Harun-Ur Rashid

“…A precise power loss model of the semiconductor switches has been devised from the manufacturer’s datasheet to achieve a perfect thermal design for the converter. …”
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The Effect of Channel Layer Thickness on the Performance of GaN HEMTs for RF Applications by Qian Yu, Sheng Wu, Meng Zhang, Ling Yang, Xu Zou, Hao Lu, Chunzhou Shi, Wenze Gao, Mei Wu, Bin Hou, Gang Qiu, Xiaoning He, Xiaohua Ma, Yue Hao

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Development of a Bipolar Radio-frequency Power Supply for Structures of Lossless Ion Manipulations by Qing LIU, Run-ze XU, Yun-jing ZHANG, Ling-feng LI, Peng LI

“…In addition, the output stage used a half-bridge circuit with GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) as the core devices. …”
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Insights on nitrogen/oxygen dual defects synergistic modulated charge transfer across the g-C3N4/TiO2-NTAs heterojunction enhanced photodegradation and gas-sensing performances by Zhufeng Shao, Lue Zhan, Yiman Zhang, Yonglong Zhang, Guoyang Yu, Yunfei Song, Xiaoming Xiu

“…The PEC activity of these nanohybrids is notably superior to that of their semiconductor counterparts, primarily due to the synergistic coupling of strong heterojunction interfaces and abundant surface defects. …”
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Lead Telluride Doped with Au as a Very Promising Material for Thermoelectric Applications by Pantelija M. Nikolic, Konstantinos M. Paraskevopoulos, Triantafyllia T. Zorba, Zorka Z. Vasiljevic, Eleni Pavlidou, Stevan S. Vujatovic, Vladimir Blagojevic, Obrad S. Aleksic, Aleksandar I. Bojicic, Maria V. Nikolic

“…Both methods confirmed that when PbTe was doped with 3.3 at% Au, thermoelectric and electrical properties of this doped semiconductor were both significantly improved, so Au as a dopant in PbTe could be used as a new high quality thermoelectric material.…”
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Characterization of New Particle Formation in Soft X-ray Radiolysis Reactor: AMCs-to-Secondary Inorganic Aerosols by Jiyoon Shin, Kyungil Cho, Yoonkyeong Ha, Giwon Kang, Jihye Park, Hunkwan Park, Changhyuk Kim

“…Abstract Airborne molecular contaminants (AMCs) in cleanrooms should be monitored and controlled tightly to reduce yield loss since they can be converted into nanoparticles or surface haze contamination on semiconductor chips or masks. Soft X-ray radiolysis was developed to detect AMCs as low as the ppt-level by forming secondary aerosols from AMCs under soft X-ray irradiation. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of E.Coli Bacteria by Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts under Visible Light Irradiation by Zahra Ahmadi Panah, Reyhaneh Dehghan, Mehran Bijari, Afsaneh Shahbazi

“…Graphitic carbon nitride, as a polymeric semiconductor, has attracted significant attention in this field. …”
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Fabrication of Cu: ZnO thin film sensor for ethanol vapor detection by Robin Simkhada, Dalton R. Gibbs, Soma Dhakal, Dipak Oli, Rishi Ram Ghimire, Deependra Das Mulmi, Leela Pradhan Joshi

“… For a long time, metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) based gas sensors have been widely used in domestic, commercial, and industrial sectors to detect harmful gases. …”
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Controlled Fabrication of Native Ultra‐Thin Amorphous Gallium Oxide From 2D Gallium Sulfide for Emerging Electronic Applications by AbdulAziz AlMutairi, Aferdita Xhameni, Xuyun Guo, Irina Chircă, Valeria Nicolosi, Stephan Hofmann, Antonio Lombardo

“…Gallium (II) sulfide (β‐GaS), a hexagonal phase group III monochalcogenide, is a wide bandgap semiconductor with a bandgap exceeding 3 eV in single and few‐layer form. …”
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Device Modeling Based on Cost-Sensitive Densely Connected Deep Neural Networks by Xiaoying Tang, Zhiqiang Li, Lang Zeng, Hongwei Zhou, Xiaoxu Cheng, Zhenjie Yao

“…Engineers used TCAD tools for semiconductor devices modeling. However, it is computationally expensive and time-consuming for advanced devices with smaller dimensions. …”
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Plasmonically-enhanced reconfigurable photodetector based on graphene/Sb2S3 heterojunction by Xiaojuan Lian, Shiyu Li, Jiyuan Jiang, Wen Huang, Nan He, Xiaoyan Liu, Jie Wu, Zhou Wang, Gangyi Zhu, Lei Wang

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Electrodeposited CdTe solar cells using low-purity Cd precursors & the effect of chemical purity by Ashfaque E. Alam, Hussain I. Salim, Ayotunde A. Ojo, Imyhamy M. Dharmadasa

“…Glass/fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates have been used to electrodeposit the semiconductor layers. The as-deposited (AD) layers were heat-treated in the air with CdCl2. …”
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Tracking Water Splitting Activity by Cocatalyst Identity in SrTiO3 by Nursaya Zhumabay, Jeremy A. Bau, Rafia Ahmad, Laurentiu Braic, Huabin Zhang, Luigi Cavallo, Magnus Rueping

“…By tracking the band energetics of photocatalyst electrodes using operando electrochemical attenuated total reflectance surface‐enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy, cocatalysts (especially Rh) are found to shift the quasi‐Fermi levels and metal‐semiconductor flat‐band potentials of photocatalysts in an anodic direction. …”
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Insulator–metal transition in VO2 film on sapphire studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy by Arsenii A. Gavdush, Vladislav A. Zhelnov, Kirill B. Dolganov, Alexander A. Bogutskii, Sergey V. Garnov, Maria G. Burdanova, Dmitry S. Ponomarev, Qiwu Shi, Kirill I. Zaytsev, Gennadii A. Komandin

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An impermeable copper surface monolayer with high-temperature oxidation resistance by Su Jae Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Bipin Lamichhane, Binod Regmi, Yousil Lee, Sang-Hyeok Yang, Seon Je Kim, Min-Hyoung Jung, Jae Hyuck Jang, Hu Young Jeong, Miaofang Chi, Maeng-Je Seong, Hak Soo Choi, Seong-Gon Kim, Young-Min Kim, Se-Young Jeong

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Fabrication of Cu: ZnO thin film sensor for ethanol vapor detection by Robin Simkhada, Dalton R. Gibbs, Soma Dhakal, Dipak Oli, Rishi Ram Ghimire, Deependra Das Mulmi, Leela Pradhan Joshi

“… For a long time, metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) based gas sensors have been widely used in domestic, commercial, and industrial sectors to detect harmful gases. …”
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Novel Insights into Surface Energies and Enhanced Gas-Sensing Capabilities of ZnGa₂O₄(111) via Ab Initio Studies by Cheng-Lung Yu, Yan-Cheng Lin, Sheng-Yuan Jhang, Jine-Du Fu, Yi-Chen Chen, Po-Liang Liu

“…This study unveils the previously unexplored roles of Ga-Zn-O-terminated ZnGa₂O₄ surfaces in optimizing semiconductor-based gas sensors, offering both oxidative and reductive potentials and making them versatile for diverse applications.…”
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64Cu-chelated InP/ZnSe/ZnS QDs as PET/fluorescence dual-modal probe for tumor imaging by Ziyu Zhao, Ayaka Otsuka, Noriko Nakamura, Toshifumi Tatsumi, Kazuhiro Nakatsui, Taiki Tsuzukiishi, Tomo Sakanoue, Kenji Shimazoe, Seiichi Ohta

“…Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/fluorescence dual-modal imaging combines deep penetration and high resolution, making it a promising approach for tumor diagnostics. Semiconductor nanocrystals, known as quantum dots (QDs), have garnered significant attention for fluorescence imaging owing to their tunable emission wavelength, high quantum yield, and excellent photostability. …”
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A 5.5–7.5‐GHz band‐configurable wake‐up receiver fully integrated in 45‐nm RF‐SOI CMOS by Rui Ma, Florian Protze, Frank Ellinger

“…Abstract This work investigates a 5.5–7.5‐GHz band‐configurable duty‐cycled wake‐up receiver (WuRX) fully implemented in a 45‐nm radio‐frequency (RF) silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) complementary‐metal‐oxide‐semiconductor (CMOS) technology. Based on an uncertain intermediate frequency (IF) super‐heterodyne receiver (RX) topology, the WuRX analogue front‐end (AFE) incorporates a 5.5–7.5‐GHz band‐tunable low‐power low‐noise amplifier, a low‐power Gilbert mixer, a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), a 100‐MHz IF band‐pass filter (BPF), an envelope detector, a comparator, a pulse generator and a current reference. …”
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