Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 309
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent theoretical and experimental developments in low-dimensional semiconductors have become a new trend in the field of materials science. In particular, the scientific community is interested in the development of new materials, such as thin-film materials; one-dimensional semiconductors (nanorods, nanotubes, nanowires, nanofibers, etc.); studying crystals and the defects of materials; new findings in the optoelectronic properties of semiconductors; applications in optoelectronic devices, environmental treatment, and renewable energy, etc.
Interest is also focused on the manufacture, design, and testing of high-performance low-dimensional semiconductor materials that are either electroactive (e.g., metals, metal oxides, transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), graphene, graphitic carbon nitrides, conductive polymers, etc.) or are capable of discovering new physical and chemical properties.
This scope of this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers covering the following concepts:
- Synthesis, characterization, and new findings in properties and applications in the development of low-dimensional semiconductors—especially, transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), graphene, and graphitic carbon nitride materials.
- Low-dimensional semiconductors produced by different processes, including—but not limited to—additive manufacturing processes, i.e., physical vapor deposition (PVD) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
- The latest developments in test methods considering the interplay between mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical interactions and the ability to predict performance and/or reliability.
- Computer modeling; simulation to predict the properties of thin-film materials; and performance, durability, and reliability in service environments.
Dr. Viet Van Pham
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- semiconductor thin film
- doping
- optoelectronics
- photocatalysis
- band structure
- heterojunction
- TCOs
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