The use of n-type and p-type silicon ... structure, which then become known as "n-type" or "p-type" silicon. N-type silicon is silicon that has been chemically combined (doped) with phosphorus ...

[Zachary Tong] is dipping his toes into the DIY semiconductor world, and further to the goal of keeping costs to a hobbyist scale, is experimenting with laser doping of silicon. Doping is the ...

Researchers investigate the structural, optical, and magnetic traits of novel nanomaterials synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method.

The many emerging PV solutions that have proven to be particularly promising include tandem solar cells based on both perovskites (a class of materials with a characteristic crystal structure ...

A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Silicon has the diamond cubic crystal structure with a lattice parameter of 0.543 nm. The nearest neighbor distance is 0.235 nm. The diamond cubic crystal structure has an fcc lattice with a basis of ...