Science in 2025-2027 and the SPQEO journal

Abstract

Relevance of recent research is important for scientists and journals reporting research results. There are many sources of prognoses and one of them is the Report of European Commission "Looking into the R&I future priorities 2025-2027". It predicts the importance of the following areas for users: healthcare, energy, climate, sustainability and digitalization. The Ukrainian journal Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics and Optoelectronics (SPQEO) actually focuses on these areas and contributes to the development of related knowledge. Monitoring of last SPQEO issues shows some interesting results: (i) the effect of local field amplification, which causes emergence of ponder motive forces acting on viruses until destruction of viral envelopes; (ii) the methods of malignant tumors treatment taking into account their genesis mechanisms and focusing on correction of definite pathogenesis components, while being nontoxic for other organs and tissues; and (iii) manipulation of the spectral characteristics of a “polycarbonate matrix – gold nanostructures – HTTH dye” system due to influence of gold nanostructures. SPQEO paid attention to the improvement of solar cells (SCs) by considering physical effects such as the effect of space charge region (SCR) recombination on the key characteristics of high-efficiency silicon solar cells, such as photovoltaic conversion efficiency and open-circuit voltage, is not only dependent on the charge-carrier lifetime in the SCR, but also on the ratio of hole-to-electron-capture cross section, σp/σn. Non- traditional SCs were also considered: SCs with perovskite thin films, SCs comprising CdS/CIGS heterojunctions, and vitamin B12-patterned silicon hybrids based SCs. Moreover, SPQEO also covers research results in the fields of quantum devices, diamond- like and oxide films, and light-emitting diodes.