Solar driven catalysis on semiconductors to produce clean chemical fuels, such as
hydrogen, is widely considered as a promising route to mitigate environmental issues …

One-dimensional ZnO nanostructures (nanowires/nanorods) are attractive materials for
applications such as gas sensors, biosensors, solar cells, and photocatalysts. This is due to …

The most widely used oxide for photocatalytic applications owing to its low cost and high
activity is TiO2. The discovery of the photolysis of water on the surface of TiO2 in 1972 …

ZnO is an important material which has been widely applied in photodetector, catalyst, gas
sensor, field emitter, etc. Yet, its inability to absorb visible light, poor charge transport, and …

First-principles calculations based on hybrid Hartree-Fock density functionals provide a
clear picture of the defect energetics and electronic structure in ZnO. Among the donorlike …

This review attempts to compile the physics and chemistry of defects in zinc oxide (ZnO), at
both, the fundamental and application levels. The defects, either inherent ones or introduced …

Metal oxides with their myriad compositions, structures and bonding exhibit an incredibly
diverse range of properties. It is however the defects in metal oxides that endow them with a …

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ZnO nanocrystals are receiving renewed attraction due to their multifunctional properties.
Selective enhancement and tuning of their optical and electrical properties are essential for …

The theoretical description of defects and impurities in semiconductors is largely based on
density functional theory (DFT) employing supercell models. The literature discussion of …