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Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have a tremendous potential to boost renewable electricity production thanks to their very high performance combined with promising cost structure. However, for actual field deployment, any solar cell technology needs to be assembled into modules, where the associated processes involve several challenges that m...
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Nature forms structurally complex materials with a large variation of mechanical and physical properties from only very few organic compounds and minerals. Nanocomposites made from TiO2 and carboxylic-acids, two substances that are available to nature as well as materials engineers, can be seen as representative of a huge class of natural and bio-i...
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Functional microfibers have attracted extensive attention due to their potential in health monitoring, radiation cooling, power management and luminescence. Among these, polymer fiber-based microlasers have plentiful applications due to their merits of full color, high quality factor and simple fabrication. However, developing a facile approach to ...
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The altermagnetism influences the electronic states allowing the presence of non-relativistic spin-splittings. Since altermagnetic spin-splitting is present along specific k-paths of the 3D Brillouin zone, we expect that the altermagnetic surface stateswill be present on specific surface orientations. We unveil the properties of the altermagnetic s...
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The potential to detect and manipulate the valley degree of freedom within two-dimensional hexagonal lattices possessing both inversion asymmetry and time-reversal symmetry is theoretically feasible. Intrinsic ferrovalley polarization in MXenes could be induced by asymmetric surface functionalization to break their inversion symmetry and the presen...
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Layered narrow bandgap quasi-two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) demonstrated excellent performance in long-wave infrared (LWIR) detection. However, the low light on/off ratio and specific detectivity (D*) due to the high dark current of the device fabricated using a single narrow bandgap material hindered its wide applicat...
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The family of 2-dimensional (2D) semiconductors is a subject of intensive scientific research due to their potential in next-generation electronics. While offering many unique properties like atomic thickness and chemically inert surfaces, the integration of 2D semiconductors with conventional dielectric materials is challenging. The charge traps a...
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To fully explore exciton-based applications and improve their performance, it is essential to understand the exciton behavior in anisotropic materials. Here, we investigate the optical properties of anisotropic excitons in GeS encapsulated by h-BN using different approaches that combine polarization- and temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL)...
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Na2Ti3O7 (NTO) is recognized as an authenticated promising photocatalyst and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active material, although its performance is limited by its high carrier recombination rate, wide band gap and inadequate utilization of visible light. In this study, to solve these issues, sea urchin-shaped NTO nanowires directly g...
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Silver cluster-assembled materials (SCAMs) have garnered significant interest as promising platforms for different functional explorations. Their atomically precise structures, intriguing chemical/physical properties, and remarkable luminescent capabilities make them highly appealing. However, the properties of these materials are primarily determi...
