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Nanoscale Compound Semiconductors and their Optoelectronics Applications

  • 1st Edition - January 21, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Vijay B. Pawade, Sanjay J. Dhoble, Hendrik C. Swart
  • Language: English

Nanoscale Compound Semiconductors and their Optoelectronics Applications provides the basic and fundamental properties of nanoscale compound semiconductors and their role in modern… Read more

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Nanoscale Compound Semiconductors and their Optoelectronics Applications provides the basic and fundamental properties of nanoscale compound semiconductors and their role in modern technological products. The book discusses all important properties of this important category of materials such as their optical properties, size-dependent properties, and tunable properties. Key methods are reviewed, including synthesis techniques and characterization strategies. The role of compound semiconductors in the advancement of energy efficient optoelectronics and solar cell devices is also discussed. The book also touches on the photocatalytic property of the materials by doping with graphene oxides--an emerging and new pathway.

Key features

  • Covers all relevant types of nanoscale compound semiconductors for optoelectronics, including their synthesis, properties and applications
  • Provides historical context and review of emerging trends in semiconductor technology, particularly emphasizing advances in non-toxic semiconductor materials for green technologies
  • Reviews emerging applications of nanoscale compound semiconductor-based devices in optoelectronics, energy and environmental sustainability

Readership

Materials Scientists and Engineers. Chemists

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Compound Semiconductor Nanocrystals & their Applications

2. Synthesis, properties and applications of ZnS for heterojunction Solar cells

3. Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) Semiconductor: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

4. Size, shape-dependent optoelectronic properties of Semiconductor colloidal ZnTe Nanostructures

5. Material properties and potential applications of CdSe semiconductor nanocrystals

6. Synthesis, structural properties and applications of CuInSe nanoscale compounds for semiconductor

7. Synthesis, properties and applications of MoS2 semiconductor nanomaterials

8. Development of green semiconductor of AgS nanoscale compounds and their applications

9. Efficient PbSe Colloidal Quantum Dots for Solar Cell Applications

10. Synthesis, characterizations and applications of ZnO/TiO2 heterojunction Nanostructures

11. Multifunctional properties of hybrid semiconducting nanomaterials and their applications

12. Tuning the properties of ZnS/ZnO semiconductors by addition of Graphene Oxides

13. Development of Graphene Oxide Based Semiconductor quantum dots for High Brightness WLEDs

14. Graphene Oxide Based Semiconducting Nanomaterial’s composites for Environmental Applications

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 24, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

VP

Vijay B. Pawade

Vijay B. Pawade is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University, Nagpur, India. His research focuses on rare earth-doped oxide materials and their applications in LEDs, solar cell devices, and photocatalytic processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Laximarayan Institute of Technology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

SD

Sanjay J. Dhoble

Sanjay J. Dhoble is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, India. During his research career he has worked on the synthesis and characterization of solid-state lighting materials and phosphors for solar cell efficiency enhancement, as well as the development of radiation dosimetry phosphors, and the biosynthesis of nanoparticles and their applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Physics, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, India

HS

Hendrik C. Swart

Hendrik C. Swart is a senior professor in the Department of Physics at the University of the Free State, South Africa. His research investigates the degradation of phosphors for field emission displays, as well as developing materials for nano solid-state lighting. He has been key in the development of processes to synthesize and deposit thin films of several types of semiconductor nanoparticles to enhance the color, luminescent intensity, and lifetime of such displays.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Professor, Department of Physics, University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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