Low-dimensional semiconductors provide a marvelous platform for pursuing versatile
photocatalytic solar energy conversion. Compared with the bulk counterparts, low …

The performance of many silicon devices is limited by electronic recombination losses at the
crystalline silicon (c-Si) surface. A proper surface passivation scheme is needed to allow …

By virtue of their intriguing electronic structures and excellent surface properties, low-
dimensional semiconductors hold great promise in the field of solar-driven artificial …

To study recombination at the amorphous/crystalline Si (a‐Si: H/c‐Si) heterointerface, the
amphoteric nature of silicon (Si) dangling bonds is taken into account. Modeling interface …

Several different evaluation methods (EM) to obtain the band gap energy (Eg) of
semiconductors via UV/Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) are used in literature and …

The book is written by two semiconductor physicists, who as experimentalists have used
spectroscopic techniques throughout their entire careers. The main goal of their work has …

Photoconductivity is defined, and the importance of electrical contacts are highlighted by
examining the origin of the dark current flowing through a photoconductor. The Shockley …

The photostability of the amorphous—crystalline silicon heterointerface is investigated. It is
revealed that the metastability of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) causes …

Amorphous semiconductors and chalcogenide glasses exhibit a high density of localized
states in their bandgap as a consequence of structural defects or due to a lack of long range …

Heterojunction (HJ) crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells outstanding performance relies
heavily on the excellent passivation provided by the amorphous Si (a‐Si: H) layer. However …