The integration of III–V semiconductors with Si has been pursued for more than 25 years
since it is strongly desired in various high-efficiency applications ranging from …

Chemiresistive sensors, particularly those based on nanostructures, have drawn increasing
attention for application in security and environmental monitoring, healthcare, biomedicine …

Sunlight-driven methanol-steam-reforming (MSR) reaction using solar energy promises
efficient production and safe transportation of hydrogen energy while storing solar energy …

Electrode/electrolyte interfaces play a crucial role in many electrochemical energy
conversion and storage technologies. Hence, a deep understanding of the interfacial …

In the pursuit of high-efficiency tandem devices for solar energy conversion based on III-V-
semiconductors, low-defect III-V nucleation on Si (100) substrates is essential. Here …

Indium phosphide and derived compound semiconductors are materials often involved in
high-efficiency solar water splitting due to their versatile opto-electronic properties. Surface …

Artificial leaves could be the breakthrough technology to overcome the limitations of storage
and mobility through the synthesis of chemical fuels from sunlight, which will be an essential …

In chemical vapor ambience, Si (100) surfaces and hydrogen are strongly interacting with
each other at relevant process temperatures. Energetic considerations cannot solely …

Low-defect III-V integration on Si (1 0 0) requires atomically well-ordered heterointerfaces.
To this end, we study the interaction of As with Si (1 0 0) surfaces and the formation of …

Heteroepitaxy of planar, low-defect III-V semiconductor layers on Ge (100) requires a single-
domain substrate surface, where dimer rows are aligned in parallel on atomically well …