Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be molded into various ...

It is desirable to develop high-performance infrared devices using non-toxic, direct transition semiconductors with a band gap in the infrared range. Conventionally, the semiconductive properties ...

Techniques for Band Gap Engineering vary, including doping, the introduction of impurities into a semiconductor to alter its electrical properties; strain engineering, where stress is applied to ...

That's the kind of technology that researchers at Kyoto University have developed for the band gap of semiconductor materials. The work is published in the journal Computational Materials Science.

By contrast, conductors have a band gap that is narrow to nonexistent. Semiconductors are sometimes considered to be insulators with narrow band gaps. For a visual explanation of N-type versus P ...

That's the kind of technology that researchers at Kyoto University have developed for the band gap of semiconductor materials. New such materials are constantly sought after in the development of ...

However, this would only be possible by using wide-band-gap semiconductors, which have not been considered for solar cells used for land-based applications because their band gaps are too large.

One of the key characteristics of semiconductors is their band gap, which determines how they conduct electric current. The band gap is typically engineered for specific applications by breaking ...

One of the key characteristics of semiconductors is their band gap, which determines how they conduct electric current. The band gap is typically engineered for specific applications by breaking ...