One approach to improving solar cell efficiency is to shift to nanostructured silicon (black-Si, or b-Si), which has been shown to decrease reflective losses in multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) wafers and prevent cell power conversion efficiency d...
Sep 10, 2018
Novel nano material for quantum electronics Science DailyFull coverage
Sep 10, 2018
A photoelectrode developed by a team at Hokkaido University harvests visible light across a wide spectral range using a semiconductor titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer sandwiched between gold film (Au film) and gold nanoparticles (Au NPs). A key featu...
Sep 10, 2018
Graphene is considered a promising candidate for the nanoelectronics of the future. In theory, it should allow clock rates up to a thousand times faster than today's silicon-based electronics. Scientists have now shown that graphene can actua...
Sep 10, 2018
Novel nano material for quantum electronics Phys.OrgFull coverage
Sep 10, 2018
Graphene—an ultrathin material consisting of a single layer of interlinked carbon atoms—is considered a promising candidate for the nanoelectronics of the future. In theory, it should allow clock rates up to a thousand times faster than today'...
Sep 10, 2018
Subwavelength-sized silicon nanostructures, known as Mie resonators, feature unique resonance property driven by the simultaneous excitation of electric and magnetic multipoles when incident light is trapped and confined inside them. Notabl...
Sep 10, 2018
Scientists have now shown for the first time that graphene can actually convert electronic signals with frequencies in the gigahertz range - which correspond to today's clock rates - extremely efficiently into signals with several times highe...
Sep 10, 2018
Scientists have now shown for the first time that graphene can actually convert electronic signals with frequencies in the gigahertz range - which correspond to today's clock rates - extremely efficiently into signals with several times highe...
Sep 10, 2018
A 2011 invention made by Aalto University's researchers has proceeded from concept to reality. Just a few years ago the researchers obtained the record efficiency of 22% in the lab for nanostructured solar cells using atomic layer deposition...
Sep 10, 2018
