Nanoscale Compound Semiconductors and their Optoelectronics Applications

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.

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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. 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.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.

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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.

Inhalt

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