This Review highlights basic and transition metal conducting and semiconducting oxides.
We discuss their material and electronic properties with an emphasis on the crystal …

Despite an extensive research effort for over 60 years, an understanding of the origins of
conductivity in wide band gap transparent conducting oxide (TCO) semiconductors remains …

In recent years, spectroscopic ellipsometry has been applied extensively to characterize the
optical properties of various materials incorporated into photovoltaic devices. Among many …

CdO has been studied for decades as a prototypical wide band gap transparent conducting
oxide with excellent n-type ability. Despite this, uncertainty remains over the source of …

Photo-assisted electrochemical technique provides a promising approach towards
carcinogen chromium (VI) detection, which requires reasonable catalyst design. Herein, an …

We review recent developments and applications of computational modelling techniques in
the field of materials for energy technologies including hydrogen production and storage …

The electrical nature of muonium in the transparent conducting oxide material Ga 2 O 3 is
investigated via muon-spin rotation and relaxation spectroscopy. It is found to be a shallow …

Although the interstitial hydrogen atom would seem to be one of the simplest defect centres
in any lattice, its solid state chemistry is in fact unknown in many materials, not least amongst …

Oxide semiconductors exhibit a range of physical properties and have potential optical,
electronic, and energy applications. Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are currently …

Here we report the characterization of pure CdO nanoparticles prepared by solution
combustion method and annealed in air at 285, 385 and 485° C. XRD study reveals their …