Nonthermal plasmas have emerged as a viable synthesis technique for nanocrystal
materials. Inherently solvent and ligand-free, nonthermal plasmas offer the ability to …

Third-generation approaches to photovoltaics (PVs) aim to achieve high-efficiency devices
but still use thin-film, second-generation deposition methods. The concept is to do this with …

As the most fundamental material for microelectronics, silicon (Si) has bourgeoned in the
past more than half a century. However, given the indirect bandgap of Si, the use of Si in …

Silicon nanocrystals have been widely investigated for several years because of their many
interesting properties and their potential use in several applications. This field has grown …

The presence of nano-pore throats results in oil recovery of less than 15% in ultra-low
permeability reservoirs. In this work, a new type of nanofluid was developed using …

Memristive devices, whose conductance depends on previous programming history, are of
significant interest for building nonvolatile memory and brain-inspired computing systems …

The optical and electrical properties of quantum dots (QDs) have generated great interest in
the use of QDs for photovoltaics. The optical coupling of QDs with currently manufactured …

Hot Carrier cells aim to collect hot carriers resulting from photon absorption before they
thermalise. This requires slowed carrier cooling in an absorber material and collection …

In this report, an overview of the recent status of photovoltaic (PV) power generation is first
presented from the viewpoint of reducing CO 2 emission. Next, the Japanese roadmap for …

Quantum dots (QDs), with several unique optical and chemical features, are becoming
desirable fluorescent tags for the biological applications that require long-term and highly …