There has been a recent surge in interest toward thin film-based solar cells, specifically new
absorber materials composed by Earth-abundant and non-toxic elements. Among these …

Heavy pnictogen chalcohalide semiconductors are coming under the spotlight for energy
conversion applications. Here we present the colloidal synthesis of phase pure AgBiSCl2 …

In the search for stable lead-free perovskites, vacancy-ordered double perovskites (VODPs),
A 2 BX 6, have emerged as a promising class of materials for solar harvesting owing to their …

The intriguing optoelectronic properties, diverse applications, and facile fabrication
techniques of perovskite materials have garnered substantial research interest worldwide …

Low-defect density Ge thin films are crucial for studying the impact of defect density on the
performance limits of Ge-based optical devices (optical detectors, LEDs, and lasers). Ge …

An inorganic wide-bandgap hole transport layer (HTL), copper (I) thiocyanate (CuSCN), is
employed in inorganic planar hydrothermally deposited Sb2S3 solar cells. With excellent …

This study examines the structural, mechanical, electronic, and optical properties of MgZnO
3 perovskite using the first-principles calculation based on density functional theory (DFT) …

Most of the van der Waals homo-and hetero-junctions of group VIB two-dimensional (2D)
transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs; MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, and WSe2) show indirect …

Photons do not carry sufficient momentum to induce indirect optical transitions in
semiconducting materials, such as silicon, necessitating the assistance of lattice phonons to …

The present work focuses on the structural, morphological, electrical characteristics, and
antibacterial activity of mesoporous silicon (PS) against S. aureus and E. coli. We depict the …