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Significant progress on parameter-free calculations of carrier mobilities in real materials has been made during the past decade; however, the role of various approximations remains unclear and a unified methodology is lacking. Here, we…
We introduce a theoretical framework for computing transport coefficients for complex materials. As a first example, we resolve long-standing inconsistencies between experiment and theory pertaining to the conductivity and Hall mobility for…
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We investigate the performance of thermoradiative (TR) cells using the III-V group of semiconductors, which include GaAs, GaSb, InAs, and InP, with the aim of determining their efficiency and finding the best TR cell materials among the…
The conventional distinction between semiconductors and insulators is often based on the magnitude of the band gap, with materials exhibiting gaps wider than 3 eV typically classified as insulators. However, the emergence of…
We present a fabrication process for high quality suspended and double gated trilayer graphene devices. The electrical transport measurements in these transistors reveal a high charge carrier mobility (higher than 20000 cm^2/Vs) and…
Recent works aiming at understanding magnetotransport phenomena in ferromagnetic III-V and II-VI semiconductors are described. Theory of the anomalous Hall effect in p-type magnetic semiconductors is discussed, and the relative role of…
Strain engineering is an important method for tuning the properties of semiconductors and has been used to improve the mobility of silicon transistors for several decades. Recently, theoretical studies have predicted that strain can also…
The Hall effect is investigated in thin-film samples of iron-chalcogenide superconductors in detail. The Hall coefficient (RH) of FeTe and Fe(Se1-xTex) exhibits a similar positive value around 300 K, indicating that the high-temperature…
Adding a few atomic percent of Bi to III--V semiconductors leads to significant changes in their electronic structure and optical properties. Bismuth substitution on the pnictogen site leads to a large increase in spin-orbit splitting…
Because of relatively low electron mobility of Ga2O3, it is important to identify proper current spreading materials. Fluorine-doped SnO2 (FTO) offers superior properties to those of indium tin oxide (ITO) including higher thermal…
While non-nitride III-V semiconductors typically have a zincblende structure, they may also form wurtzite crystals under pressure or when grown as nanowhiskers. This makes electronic structure calculation difficult since the band structures…
Tens of graphene transistors with nanoperforated channels and different channel lengths were fabricated at the wafer scale. The nanoholes have a central diameter of 20 nm and a period of 100 nm, the lengths of the channel being of 1, 2, 4…
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The paper presents a quantitative approach to the investigation and comparison of the material qualities of III-V on silicon (III-V/Si) solar cells by using external radiative efficiencies. We use this analysis to predict the limiting…
Gate-all-around nanowire transistor, due to its extremely tight electrostatic control and vertical integration capability, is a highly promising candidate for sub-5 nm technology node. In particular, the junctionless nanowire transistors…