Piezoelectric nanogenerator using CdS nanowires

YF Lin, J Song, Y Ding, SY Lu, ZL Wang - Applied Physics Letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Vertically grown cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanowire (NW) arrays were prepared using two
different processes: hydrothermal and physical vapor deposition (PVD). The NWs obtained …

Monte Carlo simulations of disorder in and the effects on the electronic structure

S Lany, AN Fioretti, PP Zawadzki, LT Schelhas… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
In multinary compound semiconductors, cation disorder can decisively alter the electronic
properties and impact potential applications. ZnSn N 2 is a ternary nitride of interest for …

Theory of piezotronics and piezo-phototronics

Y Zhang, Y Leng, M Willatzen, B Huang - Mrs Bulletin, 2018 - cambridge.org
Piezotronic and piezo-phototronic devices exhibit high performance and have potential
applications especially in next-generation self-powered, flexible electronics and wearable …

Increasing bulk photovoltaic current by strain tuning

S Nadupalli, J Kreisel, T Granzow - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Photovoltaic phenomena are widely exploited not only for primary energy generation but
also in photocatalytic, photoelectrochemistry, or optoelectronic applications. In contrast to …

Hybridized and Coupled Nanogenerators: Design, Performance, and Applications

Y Yang - 2021 - books.google.com
A comprehensive guide to efficiently scavenge multi-energies from the surrounding
environment to power some electronic devices and realize self-powered sensing! With the …

Temperature-induced potential barriers in piezoelectric semiconductor films through pyroelectric and thermoelastic couplings and their effects on currents

Y Qu, F **, J Yang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We study temperature effects in piezoelectric semiconductor thin films through pyroelectric
and thermoelastic as well as piezoelectric couplings. Two-dimensional equations based on …

Effects of edge and interior stresses on electrical behaviors of piezoelectric semiconductor films

N Li, Z Qian, J Yang - Ferroelectrics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We study electrical behaviors of a thin piezoelectric semiconductor film under edge stress or
interior local stress. The theory of piezoelectricity with coupling to the diffusion-drift theory of …

Optical and physical characteristics of In-doped ZnO nanorods

TH Fang, SH Kang - Current Applied Physics, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper the effect of indium dopants on structure, optical, electrical and mechanical
properties of ZnO nanorods are studied. The average surface potentials and the surface …

Nanodipole photovoltaics

D Shvydka, VG Karpov - Applied Physics Letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We propose a principle of photovoltaics utilizing the built-in electric field generated by
aligned nanosize dipoles in a semiconductive host, either polymer or liquid, or amorphous …

Towards understanding junction degradation in cadmium telluride solar cells

M Nardone - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A degradation mechanism in cadmium telluride (CdTe/CdS) solar cells is investigated using
time-dependent numerical modeling to simulate various temperature, bias, and illumination …