Recent Advances in Semiconductor Heterojunctions: Materials, Interfaces and Devices
A Special Issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) belonging to the section "Semiconductor Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2026 | Viewed by 211
Editors
Interests: semiconductor heterojunction devices; large-scale heterogeneous integration; membrane-based devices; semiconductor interface engineering; ultrawide and narrow bandgap semiconductors
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Interests: ultrawide bandgap semiconductors; semiconductor membranes; diamond-related materials; material characterization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Semiconductor heterojunctions constitute a foundational platform for modern electronic and optoelectronic devices, enabling functionalities that cannot be achieved in single-material systems. Recent advances in materials synthesis, interface engineering and heterogeneous integration have significantly expanded the design space of heterojunction devices, particularly across ultrawide-bandgap, wide-bandgap and narrow-bandgap semiconductors. These developments are driving breakthroughs in high-power electronics, photonics, sensing and energy applications.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent progress in semiconductor heterojunctions, with a focus on the interplay between materials, interfaces and device performance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, novel heterostructure materials, band alignment engineering, interface defect control, wafer-scale heterogeneous integration, membrane-based device architectures and emerging device concepts enabled by unconventional material combinations. Both experimental and theoretical contributions are welcome.
This collection seeks to provide a timely platform that bridges fundamental understanding and technological implementation. It complements the existing literature by emphasizing cross-material integration strategies and interface-driven device physics, which are increasingly critical in overcoming lattice mismatch, thermal constraints and scaling limitations. By bringing together contributions from diverse material systems and application domains, this Special Issue will offer a comprehensive perspective on the future directions of semiconductor heterojunction research.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Jie Zhou
Dr. Chenyu Wang
Dr. Renjie Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- semiconductor heterojunctions
- heterogeneous integration
- interface engineering
- band alignment
- ultrawide bandgap semiconductors
- narrow bandgap semiconductors
- membrane-based devices
- wafer-scale integration
- electronic and optoelectronic devices
- interface defects and traps
- advanced semiconductor materials
- device physics
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