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

Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been considered as one of the potential materials in solar cell
applications, owing to its relatively high conductivity, electron mobility, stability against photo …

The semiconductor ZnO has gained substantial interest in the research community in part
because of its large exciton binding energy (60 meV) which could lead to lasing action …

Abstract Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells are considered as the potential third
generation solar cells due to their suitable optoelectronic properties for photovoltaic …

Wide-bandgap semiconductors are expected to be applied to solid-state lighting and power
devices, supporting a future energy-saving society. While GaN-based white LEDs have …

Wurtzitic ZnO is a wide-bandgap (3.437 eV at 2 K) semiconductor which has many
applications, such as piezoelectric transducers, varistors, phosphors, and transparent …

In the past 10years, ZnO as a semiconductor has attracted considerable attention due to its
unique properties, such as high electron mobility, wide and direct band gap and large …

Semiconductor electronics is commonplace in every household. Semiconductor devices
have enabled economically reasonable fiber-based optical communication, optical storage …

ZnO is presently experiencing a research boom with more than 2000 ZnO‐related
publications in 2005. This phenomenon is triggered, for example, by hope to use ZnO as a …

Several hundred thousands of tons of ZnO are used by per year, eg as an additive to
concrete or to rubber. In the field of optoelectronics, ZnO holds promises as a material for a …