That's the kind of technology that researchers at Kyoto University have developed for the band gap of semiconductor materials. The work is published in the journal Computational Materials Science.

Techniques for Band Gap Engineering vary, including doping, the introduction of impurities into a semiconductor to alter its electrical properties; strain engineering, where stress is applied to ...

Topological materials are revolutionizing semiconductor manufacturing, offering enhanced conductivity and efficiency for next ...

Silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors are just such a technology, and have already begun to revolutionise the industry. A graph showing the relationship between band gap and temperature for various ...

Scientists are investigating how structures made from several layers of graphene stack up in terms of their fundamental physics and their potential as reconfigurable semiconductors for advanced ...

Researchers have revealed new insights into rhombohedral stacking in graphene, reporting on how it behaves as a semiconductor ...

1) Wide Band Gap power semiconductor: Power semiconductors composed of compound elements of two or more types, rather than single materials like silicon (Si). Silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium ...

New research from materials scientist Chris Van de Walle illuminates the path to superior electro-optic performance in ...

However, this would only be possible by using wide-band-gap semiconductors, which have not been considered for solar cells used for land-based applications because their band gaps are too large.

US President Donald J. Trump's threat to defund the CHIPS Act and impose tariffs could hurt small tech start-ups by limiting growth and talent attraction, said iDEAL Semiconductor CEO and Co-founder ...