A deep understanding of defects is essential for the optimization of materials for solar energy
conversion. This is particularly true for metal oxide photo (electro) catalysts, which typically …

Polarons are quasiparticles that easily form in polarizable materials due to the coupling of
excess electrons or holes with ionic vibrations. These quasiparticles manifest themselves in …

Gallium oxide (Ga 2 O 3) is emerging as a viable candidate for certain classes of power
electronics, solar blind UV photodetectors, solar cells, and sensors with capabilities beyond …

Within the unified framework of exploiting the relative entropy as a distance measure of
quantum correlations, we make explicit the hierarchical structure of quantum coherence …

Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

Open shell transition metal oxides are usually described as Mott or charge transfer
insulators, which are often viewed as being disparate from semiconductors. Based on the …

Excitons consist of electrons and holes held together by their attractive Coulomb interaction.
Although excitons are neutral excitations, spatial fluctuations in their charge density couple …

As a prototypical photocatalyst, TiO 2 is a material of scientific and technological interest. In
photocatalysis and other applications, TiO 2 is often reduced, behaving as an n-type …

Photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis are promising ways in the utilization of solar
energy. To address the low efficiency of photocatalysts and photoelectrodes, in‐depth …

In addition to their extensive commercial application in electronic devices such as cell
phones and laptops, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are most suitable to fulfill the energy storage …