Kun Wang, Wenxuan Lai, Zhenyi Ni, Deren Yang and Xiaodong Pi
{"title":"A highly sensitive ratiometric near-infrared nanosensor based on erbium-hyperdoped silicon quantum dots for iron(Ⅲ) detection","authors":"Kun Wang, Wenxuan Lai, Zhenyi Ni, Deren Yang and Xiaodong Pi","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/24020018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/24020018","url":null,"abstract":"Ratiometric fluorescent detection of iron(Ⅲ) (Fe3+) offers inherent self-calibration and contactless analytic capabilities. However, realizing a dual-emission near-infrared (NIR) nanosensor with a low limit of detection (LOD) is rather challenging. In this work, we report the synthesis of water-dispersible erbium-hyperdoped silicon quantum dots (Si QDs:Er), which emit NIR light at the wavelengths of 810 and 1540 nm. A dual-emission NIR nanosensor based on water-dispersible Si QDs:Er enables ratiometric Fe3+ detection with a very low LOD (0.06 μM). The effects of pH, recyclability, and the interplay between static and dynamic quenching mechanisms for Fe3+ detection have been systematically studied. In addition, we demonstrate that the nanosensor may be used to construct a sequential logic circuit with memory functions.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141934518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Na Tian, Zhe Wang, Kai Ma, Xu Yang, Nan Qi, Jian Liu, Nanjian Wu, Runjiang Dou and Liyuan Liu
{"title":"A 128 × 128 SPAD LiDAR sensor with column-parallel 25 ps resolution TA-ADCs","authors":"Na Tian, Zhe Wang, Kai Ma, Xu Yang, Nan Qi, Jian Liu, Nanjian Wu, Runjiang Dou and Liyuan Liu","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/24030019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/24030019","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a design of single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor with 128 × 128 pixels and 128 column-parallel time-to-analog-merged-analog-to-digital converts (TA-ADCs). Unlike the conventional TAC-based SPAD LiDAR sensor, in which the TAC and ADC are separately implemented, we propose to merge the TAC and ADC by sharing their capacitors, thus avoiding the analog readout noise of TAC’s output buffer, improving the conversion rate, and reducing chip area. The reverse start-stop logic is employed to reduce the power of the TA-ADC. Fabricated in a 180 nm CMOS process, our prototype sensor exhibits a timing resolution of 25 ps, a DNL of +0.30/−0.77 LSB, an INL of +1.41/−2.20 LSB, and a total power consumption of 190 mW. A flash LiDAR system based on this sensor demonstrates the function of 2D/3D imaging with 128 × 128 resolution, 25 kHz inter-frame rate, and sub-centimeter ranging precision.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141934521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced thermal emission from metal-free, fully epitaxial structures with epsilon-near-zero InAs layers","authors":"Karolis Stašys, Andrejus Geižutis, Jan Devenson","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022101","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce a novel method to create mid-infrared (MIR) thermal emitters using fully epitaxial, metal-free structures. Through the strategic use of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) thin films in InAs layers, we achieve a narrow-band, wide-angle, and p-polarized thermal emission spectra. This approach, employing molecular beam epitaxy, circumvents the complexities associated with current layered structures and yields temperature-resistant emission wavelengths. Our findings contribute a promising route towards simpler, more efficient MIR optoelectronic devices.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hengbin Ding, Xiaoshi Li, Tianhang Li, Xiaoyong Zhao, He Tian
{"title":"Controllable thermal rectification design for buildings based on phase change composites","authors":"Hengbin Ding, Xiaoshi Li, Tianhang Li, Xiaoyong Zhao, He Tian","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022301","url":null,"abstract":"Phase-change material (PCM) is widely used in thermal management due to their unique thermal behavior. However, related research in thermal rectifier is mainly focused on exploring the principles at the fundamental device level, which results in a gap to real applications. Here, we propose a controllable thermal rectification design towards building applications through the direct adhesion of composite thermal rectification material (TRM) based on PCM and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) aerogel to ordinary concrete walls (CWs). The design is evaluated in detail by combining experiments and finite element analysis. It is found that, TRM can regulate the temperature difference on both sides of the TRM/CWs system by thermal rectification. The difference in two directions reaches to 13.8 K at the heat flow of 80 W/m<sup>2</sup>. In addition, the larger the change of thermal conductivity before and after phase change of TRM is, the more effective it is for regulating temperature difference in two directions. The stated technology has a wide range of applications for the thermal energy control in buildings with specific temperature requirements.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhe He, Gentian Yue, Yueyue Gao, Chen Dong, Furui Tan
{"title":"Efficient flexible dye-sensitized solar cells from rear illumination based on different morphologies of titanium dioxide photoanode","authors":"Zhe He, Gentian Yue, Yueyue Gao, Chen Dong, Furui Tan","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022801","url":null,"abstract":"The TiO<sub>2</sub> with nanoparticles (NPs), nanowires (NWs), nanorods (NRs) and nanotubes (NTs) structures were prepared by using a <italic toggle=\"yes\">in-situ</italic> hydrothermal technique, and then proposed as a photoanode for flexible dye-sensitized solar cell (FDSSC). The influences of the morphology of TiO<sub>2</sub> on the photovoltaic performances of FDSSCs were investigated. Under rear illumination of 100 mW·cm<sup>−2</sup>, the power conversion efficiencies of FDSSCs achieved 6.96%, 7.36%, 7.65%, and 7.83% with the TiO<sub>2</sub> photoanodes of NPs, NWs, NRs, and NTs and PEDOT counter electrode. The FDSSCs based on TiO<sub>2</sub> NRs and NTs photoanodes have higher short circuit current densities and power conversion efficiencies than that of the others. The enhanced power conversion efficiency is responsible for their nanotubes and rod-shaped ordered structures, which are more beneficial to transmission of electron and hole in semiconductor compared to the TiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles and nanowires disordered structure.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiaming Wang, Fujun Xu, Lisheng Zhang, Jing Lang, Xuzhou Fang, Ziyao Zhang, Xueqi Guo, Chen Ji, Chengzhi Ji, Fuyun Tan, Xuelin Yang, Xiangning Kang, Zhixin Qin, Ning Tang, Xinqiang Wang, Weikun Ge, Bo Shen
{"title":"Progress in efficient doping of Al-rich AlGaN","authors":"Jiaming Wang, Fujun Xu, Lisheng Zhang, Jing Lang, Xuzhou Fang, Ziyao Zhang, Xueqi Guo, Chen Ji, Chengzhi Ji, Fuyun Tan, Xuelin Yang, Xiangning Kang, Zhixin Qin, Ning Tang, Xinqiang Wang, Weikun Ge, Bo Shen","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/021501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/021501","url":null,"abstract":"The development of semiconductors is always accompanied by the progress in controllable doping techniques. Taking AlGaN-based ultraviolet (UV) emitters as an example, despite a peak wall-plug efficiency of 15.3% at the wavelength of 275 nm, there is still a huge gap in comparison with GaN-based visible light-emitting diodes (LEDs), mainly attributed to the inefficient doping of AlGaN with increase of the Al composition. First, p-doping of Al-rich AlGaN is a long-standing challenge and the low hole concentration seriously restricts the carrier injection efficiency. Although p-GaN cladding layers are widely adopted as a compromise, the high injection barrier of holes as well as the inevitable loss of light extraction cannot be neglected. While in terms of n-doping the main issue is the degradation of the electrical property when the Al composition exceeds 80%, resulting in a low electrical efficiency in sub-250 nm UV-LEDs. This review summarizes the recent advances and outlines the major challenges in the efficient doping of Al-rich AlGaN, meanwhile the corresponding approaches pursued to overcome the doping issues are discussed in detail.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peng Wu, Jianping Liu, Lei Hu, Xiaoyu Ren, Aiqin Tian, Wei Zhou, Fan Zhang, Xuan Li, Masao Ikeda, Hui Yang
{"title":"Controllable step-flow growth of GaN on patterned freestanding substrate","authors":"Peng Wu, Jianping Liu, Lei Hu, Xiaoyu Ren, Aiqin Tian, Wei Zhou, Fan Zhang, Xuan Li, Masao Ikeda, Hui Yang","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022501","url":null,"abstract":"A new kind of step-flow growth mode is proposed, which adopts sidewall as step source on patterned GaN substrate. The terrace width of steps originated from the sidewall was found to change with the growth temperature and ammonia flux. The growth mechanism is explained and simulated based on step motion model. This work helps better understand the behaviors of step advancement and puts forward a method of precisely modulating atomic steps.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"103 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-step growth of β-Ga2O3 on c-plane sapphire using MOCVD for solar-blind photodetector","authors":"Peipei Ma, Jun Zheng, Xiangquan Liu, Zhi Liu, Yuhua Zuo, Buwen Cheng","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022502","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a two-step metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method was applied for growing <italic toggle=\"yes\">β</italic>-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> film on <italic toggle=\"yes\">c</italic>-plane sapphire. Optimized buffer layer growth temperature (<italic toggle=\"yes\">T</italic>\u0000<sub>B</sub>) was found at 700 °C and the <italic toggle=\"yes\">β</italic>-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> film with full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 0.66° was achieved. A metal−semiconductor−metal (MSM) solar-blind photodetector (PD) was fabricated based on the <italic toggle=\"yes\">β</italic>-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> film. Ultrahigh responsivity of 1422 A/W @ 254 nm and photo-to-dark current ratio (PDCR) of 10<sup>6</sup> at 10 V bias were obtained. The detectivity of 2.5 × 10<sup>15</sup> Jones proved that the photodetector has outstanding performance in detecting weak signals. Moreover, the photodetector exhibited superior wavelength selectivity with rejection ratio (<italic toggle=\"yes\">R</italic>\u0000<sub>250 nm</sub>/<italic toggle=\"yes\">R</italic>\u0000<sub>400 nm</sub>) of 10<sup>5</sup>. These results indicate that the two-step method is a promising approach for preparation of high-quality <italic toggle=\"yes\">β</italic>-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> films for high-performance solar-blind photodetectors.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139762016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An advanced theoretical approach to study super-multiperiod superlattices: theory vs experiments","authors":"Alexander Sergeevich Dashkov, Semyon Andreevich Khakhulin, Dmitrii Alekseevich Shapran, Gennadii Fedorovich Glinskii, Nikita Andreevich Kostromin, Alexander Leonidovich Vasiliev, Sergey Nikolayevich Yakunin, Oleg Sergeevich Komkov, Evgeniy Viktorovich Pirogov, Maxim Sergeevich Sobolev, Leonid Ivanovich Goray, Alexei Dmitrievich Bouravleuv","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/022701","url":null,"abstract":"A new theoretical method to study super-multiperiod superlattices has been developed. The method combines the precision of the 8-band <italic toggle=\"yes\">kp</italic>-method with the flexibility of the shooting method and the Monte Carlo approach. This method was applied to examine the finest quality samples of super-multiperiod Al<sub>0.3</sub>Ga<sub>0.7</sub>As/GaAs superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The express photoreflectance spectroscopy method was utilized to validate the proposed theoretical method. For the first time, the accurate theoretical analysis of the energy band diagram of super-multiperiod superlattices with experimental verification has been conducted. The proposed approach highly accurately determines transition peak positions and enables the calculation of the energy band diagram, transition energies, relaxation rates, and gain estimation. It has achieved a remarkably low 5% error compared to the commonly used method, which typically results in a 25% error, and allowed to recover the superlattice parameters. The retrieved intrinsic parameters of the samples aligned with XRD data and growth parameters. The proposed method also accurately predicted the escape of the second energy level for quantum well thicknesses less than 5 nm, as was observed in photoreflectance experiments. The new designs of THz light-emitting devices operating at room temperature were suggested by the developed method.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mingyuan Ye, Xiaorui Hao, Jinfeng Zeng, Lin Li, Pengfei Wang, Chenglin Zhang, Li Liu, Fanian Shi, Yuhan Wu
{"title":"Research progress of alkaline earth metal iron-based oxides as anodes for lithium-ion batteries","authors":"Mingyuan Ye, Xiaorui Hao, Jinfeng Zeng, Lin Li, Pengfei Wang, Chenglin Zhang, Li Liu, Fanian Shi, Yuhan Wu","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/021801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/45/2/021801","url":null,"abstract":"Anode materials are an essential part of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which determine the performance and safety of LIBs. Currently, graphite, as the anode material of commercial LIBs, is limited by its low theoretical capacity of 372 mA·h·g<sup>−1</sup>, thus hindering further development toward high-capacity and large-scale applications. Alkaline earth metal iron-based oxides are considered a promising candidate to replace graphite because of their low preparation cost, good thermal stability, superior stability, and high electrochemical performance. Nonetheless, many issues and challenges remain to be addressed. Herein, we systematically summarize the research progress of alkaline earth metal iron-based oxides as LIB anodes. Meanwhile, the material and structural properties, synthesis methods, electrochemical reaction mechanisms, and improvement strategies are introduced. Finally, existing challenges and future research directions are discussed to accelerate their practical application in commercial LIBs.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}