Defects in transistors, such as unwanted impurities and broken chemical bonds in the various layers of the semiconductor, can limit their performance and reliability. These defects are becoming harder ...

New research from China reveals that ultraviolet degradation in TOPCon solar cells is governed by interface-level physical ...

Indian scientists developed a cadmium-free CIS thin-film solar cell using indium oxide as an electron transport layer, achieving a simulated efficiency of 29.79% with SCAPS-1D modeling. Through ...

Using advanced techniques, researchers more-accurately characterized the thermal conductivity of four distinct GaN substrate types along with their defect density, and developed a formula linking the ...

Defect engineering is the deliberate introduction, removal, or manipulation of structural imperfections in nanomaterials to tailor their properties for specific applications. Unlike the traditional ...

As device sizes continue to increase on devices at 2x nm design rule and beyond and high wafer stress is worsening due to multi-film stacking in the vertical memory process, we observe an increasing ...

Originating as a theoretical prediction in the 1940s, with experimental isolation from graphite in 2004, graphene has quickly become a desirable quantum material used in various application areas, ...

Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) is required during semiconductor processing of many memory and logic devices. CMP is used to create planar surfaces and achieve uniform layer thickness during ...