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 …

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 …

Spin‐polarization is known as a promising way to promote the anodic oxygen evolution
reaction (OER), since the intermediates and products endow spin‐dependent behaviors, yet …

Defects are critically important for metal oxides in chemical and physical applications.
Compared with the often studied oxygen vacancies, engineering metal vacancies in n-type …

ZnO nanoparticles are still a hot area for research even after ample work has been done by
researchers across the world. It is a versatile material for doping of different transition metals …

Present communication reports fabrication of visible sensor based on ZnS: Mn/p-Si
heterostructure. Herein, Pure and Mn+ 2 doped ZnS nanocrystalline thin films structures …

High concentrations of defects are introduced into nanoscale ZnO through non‐equilibrium
processes and resultant blue emissions are comprehensively analyzed, focusing on defect …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a wide band gap semiconductor with potential applications in
optoelectronics, transparent electronics, and spintronics. The high efficiency of UV emission …

This review summarizes recent first-principles investigations of the electronic structure and
magnetism of dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMSs), which are interesting for applications …

Dilute ferromagnetic oxides having Curie temperatures far in excess of 300 K and
exceptionally large ordered moments per transition-metal cation challenge our …