An all-inorganic type-II heterojunction array with nearly full solar spectral response based on ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowires

Z Wu, Y Zhang, J Zheng, X Lin, X Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Well-aligned ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanowire arrays with type-II energy alignment are
synthesized via a two-step chemical vapor deposition method. Morphology and structure …

Electronic and magnetic properties of pristine and chemically functionalized germanene nanoribbons

Q Pang, Y Zhang, JM Zhang, V Ji, KW Xu - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
We perform a spin polarized density-functional theory (DFT) study of the electronic and
magnetic properties of pristine and chemically doped germanene nanoribbons (GeNRs) …

Chair and twist-boat membranes in hydrogenated graphene

DK Samarakoon, XQ Wang - ACS nano, 2009 - ACS Publications
Graphane is a two-dimensional system consisting of a single planar layer of fully saturated
carbon atoms, which has recently been realized experimentally through hydrogenation of …

Type-II core/shell nanowire heterostructures and their photovoltaic applications

Y Cao, Z Wu, J Ni, WA Bhutto, J Li, S Li, K Huang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2012 - Springer
Nanowire-based photovoltaic devices have the advantages over planar devices in light
absorption and charge transport and collection. Recently, a new strategy relying on type-II …

Nanostructured photovoltaics

K Nikolaidou, S Sarang, S Ghosh - Nano Futures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we begin by discussing the need for harnessing renewable energy resources
in the context of global energy demands. A summary of first-and second-generation solar …

Band-offset driven efficiency of the doping of SiGe core− shell nanowires

M Amato, S Ossicini, R Rurali - Nano letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Impurity doping of semiconducting nanowires has been predicted to become increasingly
inefficient as the wire diameter is reduced, because impurity states get deeper due to …

Tuning the electrical properties of Si nanowire field‐effect transistors by molecular engineering

MY Bashouti, RT Tung, H Haick - Small, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Exposed facets of n‐type silicon nanowires (Si NWs) fabricated by a top‐down approach are
successfully terminated with different organic functionalities, including 1, 3‐dioxan‐2‐ethyl …

Influence of Ga-halogen bond formation at the interface of nanoporous GaN photoelectrodes for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting efficiency

H Son, P Uthirakumar, TH Chung, AY Polyakov… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The photoelectrochemical devices with morphologically tuned photoelectrodes assist in
addressing the existing sustainable energy challenges by generating hydrogen energy from …

ZnO/ZnSxSe1− x core/shell nanowire arrays as photoelectrodes with efficient visible light absorption

Z Wang, X Zhan, Y Wang, M Safdar, M Niu… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
ZnO/ZnS x Se 1− x core/shell nanowires have been synthesized on n+-type silicon substrate
via a two-step chemical vapor deposition method. Transmission electron microscopy reveals …

The N and P co-doping-induced giant negative piezoresistance behaviors of SiC nanowires

X Cheng, L Wang, F Gao, W Yang, Z Du… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The third-generation semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC) is identified as one of the vitally
important candidate materials to serve as a functional unit that performs stably and reliably …