Advances in Functional Materials and Devices for Semiconductor Package
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 November 2022) | Viewed by 2904
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced transmission electron microscopy; thin films; energy materials; wide band-gap semiconductors; ceramics and 2D materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of advanced functional materials for energy harvesting and storage technology is one of the most significant ongoing avenues of research. The impending energy crisis has led to the design of new materials such as novel two-dimensional sulphides/oxides/carbide/borides/nitrides (transition-metal-based dichalcogenides, MXene, MBene, etc.) and organic-inorganic hybrid structures, high-entropy materials, etc. Essential demand for functional materials enabling cheap, renewable and sustainable energy technology is the future of this scientific field. Progress in energy-related research on catalysis, electrodes, batteries, nano-transistors, solar cells, capacitors, etc., has set an exceptional benchmark for the scientific community. However, there are still many issues related to synthesis, characterization, stability, and poor efficiency in specific properties. As an example, the formation of various dimensional defects is a common obstacle in synthesis, and characterization methods for beam-sensitive functional materials are challenging to develop.
This Special Issue invites research articles that address the challenges of designing functional materials for fabrication of energy harvesting, storage and conversion technology. Another aim of this Special Issue is to focus the research on nanomaterials and thin-films synthesis, processing, and characterization of functional materials, organic-inorganic semiconductors, and their applications in various devices on the following topics, among others:
- Different synthesis and processing methods of inorganic-organic semiconducting materials and high-entropy alloys for energy research.
- Synthesis and characterization of 1D to 3D nanomaterials for electrochemistry.
- Device performance of nano/micro scale for switchable electronics, transistors, photovoltaics, solar cell, piezoelectric applications, etc.
- Challenges in developing multifunctional nanocomposites/thin films.
- Advanced materials characterization techniques and the latest methods of simulation.
Kind regards,
Dr. Rajib Sahu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanomaterials and thin films
- functional energy materials
- energy harvesting research
- advanced characterization techniques
- device fabrication
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