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

New advances in the sol–gel processing of ferroelectric ceramic powders and thin films and
recently, scientific and technological interests in ferroelectric ceramics have been focused …

Colloidal quantum-dot (QD) photovoltaics (PVs) have shown a promising future with merits
of low-cost processing, tunable spectral absorption, long-lifetime hot carriers, and …

Controlling the interface electronic band structure in heterostructures is essential for
developing highly efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) photoanodes. Here, we presented …

Heteroepitaxy can involve materials with a misfit of crystal structure. Rotation domains in the
epilayer are a fundamental consequence. We derive a general expression for their …

Ferroelectric-semiconductor heterostructures offer an alternative strategy to manipulate
polarization towards advanced devices with engineered functionality and improved …

Recently, ferroelectric perovskite oxides have drawn much attention due to potential
applications in the field of solar energy conversion. However, the power conversion …

Ferroelectrics are appealing candidates for photovoltaic applications. In this study,
Bi5FeTi3O15 (BFTO) single layer and ZnO/BFTO bilayer films were deposited onto 0.7 wt …

We study the free vibration of a piezoelectric bi-layered plate composed of a piezoelectric
semiconductor (PS) layer and a piezoelectric dielectric (PD) layer. The macroscopic theory …

This work reports the impact of ZnO layer thickness on optical and resistive switching
behavior of BaTiO 3/ZnO heterostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition. The interface …