Chalcogenide Photovoltaics

• Author : Roland Scheer,Hans-Werner Schock
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2011-03-31
• ISBN : 3527633723

This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on chalcogenide-based photovoltaics. Written by two very renowned authors with years of practical experience in the field, the book covers II-VI and I-III-VI2 materials as well as energy conversion at heterojunctions. It also discusses the latest semiconductor heterojunction models and presents modern analysis concepts. Thin film technology is explained with an emphasis on current and

• Author : A. Zakery,S.R. Elliott
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release Date : 2007-06-19
• ISBN : 9783540710660

This book reviews techniques used to characterize non-linear optical constants of chalcogenide glasses in bulk or thin films, and presents the properties of many chalcogenide systems. A range of applications of these glasses are surveyed, including ultra-fast switching, optical limiting, second harmonic generation and electro-optic effects. Also addressed are suitability of chalcogenide films in all-optical integrated circuits, fabrication of rib as well as ridge waveguides and of fiber gratings.

• Author : Robert Fairman,Boris Ushkov
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2004-05-10
• ISBN : 0080525261

Chalcogenide glass is made up of many elements from the Chalcogenide group. The glass is transparent to infrared light and is useful as a semiconductor in many electronic devices. For example, chalcogenide glass fibers are a component of devices used to perform laser surgery. This book is a comprehensive survey of the current state of science and technology in the field of chalcogenide semiconductor glasses. While the majority of the book deals with properties of chalcogenide glass, chapters also deal

• Author : Keiji Tanaka,Koichi Shimakawa
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2021-07-01
• ISBN : 9783030695989

This book provides introductory, comprehensive, and concise descriptions of amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors and related materials. It includes comparative portraits of the chalcogenide and related materials including amorphous hydrogenated Si, oxide and halide glasses, and organic polymers. It also describes effects of non-equilibrium disorder, in comparison with those in crystalline semiconductors.

• Author : Abhay Kumar Singh,Tien-Chien Jen
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2021-04-27
• ISBN : 9780429536410

This is introductory book for researchers, scientists and students in the area of organic and inorganic composite materials. This book has addressed timely the innovative topic "chalcogenide-multiwalled carbon nanotubes and chalcogenide-bilayer graphene" composite materials under a glassy regime. This book will give a clear idea on the concepts of the newly established composite materials area, by providing interpretations of inside physio-chemical mechanism. The remarkable landmark innovations related to this newly introduced research field are included in this book. Additionally, the

• Author : Xinyu Liu,Sanghoon Lee,Jacek K. Furdyna,Tengfei Luo,Yong-Hang Zhang
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release Date : 2019-11-14
• ISBN : 9780081027363

Chalcogenide: From 3D to 2D and Beyond reviews graphene-like 2D chalcogenide systems that include topological insulators, interesting thermoelectric structures, and structures that exhibit a host of spin phenomena that are unique to 2D and lower-dimensional geometries. The book describes state-of-the-art materials in growth and fabrication, magnetic, electronic and optical characterization, as well as the experimental and theoretical aspects of this family of materials. Bulk chalcogenides, chalcogenide films, their heterostructures and low-dimensional chalcogenide-based quantum structures are discussed. Particular attention is paid

• Author : J-L Adam,X. Zhang
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release Date : 2014-02-14
• ISBN : 9780857093561

The unique properties and functionalities of chalcogenide glasses make them promising materials for photonic applications. Chalcogenide glasses are transparent from the visible to the near infrared region and can be moulded into lenses or drawn into fibres. They have useful commercial applications as components for lenses for infrared cameras, and chalcogenide glass fibres and optical components are used in waveguides for use with lasers, for optical switching, chemical and temperature sensing and phase change memories. Chalcogenide glasses comprehensively reviews the

• Author : Mohammad Mansoob Khan
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2021-04-07
• ISBN : 9780128209172

Chalcogenide-Based Nanomaterials as Photocatalysts deals with the different types of chalcogenide-based photocatalytic reactions, covering the fundamental concepts of photocatalytic reactions involving chalcogenides for a range of energy and environmental applications. Sections focus on nanostructure control, synthesis methods, activity enhancement strategies, environmental applications, and perspectives of chalcogenide-based nanomaterials. The book offers guidelines for designing new chalcogenide-based nanoscale photocatalysts at low cost and high efficiency for efficient utilization of solar energy in the areas of energy production and environment remediation. Provides information

• Author : Robert Fairman,Boris Ushkov
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2004-12-17
• ISBN : 9780080541068

Chalcogenide glass is made up of many elements from the Chalcogenide group. The glass is transparent to infrared light and is useful as a semiconductor in many electronic devices. For example, chalcogenide glass fibers are a component of devices used to perform laser surgery. Semiconducting Chalcogenide Glass III: Applications of Chalcogenide Glasses is a comprehensive overview of designs of various chalcogenide glass devices are presented, including switches, phase inverters, voltage stabilizers, oscillators, indicators and display control circuits, memory devices, and

• Author : Robert Fairman,Boris Ushkov
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2004-12-17
• ISBN : 9780080541051

Chalcogenide glass is made up of many elements from the Chalcogenide group. The glass is transparent to infrared light and is useful as a semiconductor in many electronic devices. For example, chalcogenide glass fibers are a component of devices used to perform laser surgery. The properties of chalcogenide glass result not only from their chemical composition and atomic structure, but also from the impact of numerous external factors. A comprehensive survey is presented of the properties of chalcogenide glass under

• Author : Nicolas Alonso-Vante
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2018-04-20
• ISBN : 9783319896120

This book addresses electrocatalysis based on chalcogenides, particularly in the nanoscale domain. Special attention is paid to the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The book provides an introduction to materials synthesis; the basic principles of electrocatalysis; related precious metal versus non-precious metal catalytic center chalcogenides as well as supports; and the role of such supports in stabilizing the catalytic centers. In short: pursuing a bottom-up approach, it covers the properties of this class of electrocatalysts

• Author : Ahsanulhaq Qurashi
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2014-12-01
• ISBN : 9781119008996

This first ever reference book that focuses on metalchalcogenide semiconductor nanostructures for renewable energyapplications encapsulates the state-of-the-art in multidisciplinaryresearch on the metal chalcogenide semiconductor nanostructures(nanocrystals, nanoparticles, nanorods, nanowires, nanobelts,nanoflowers, nanoribbons and more). The properties and synthesis of a class of nanomaterials isessential to renewable energy manufacturing and this book focuseson the synthesis of metal chalcogendie nanostructures, their growthmechanism, optical, electrical, and other important properties andtheir applications in different diverging fields likephotovoltaics, hydrogen production, theromelectrics, lithiumbattery, energy storage, photocatalysis,

• Author : Pengfei Wang,Xunsi Wang,Haitao Guo,Peiqing Zhang,Shunbin Wang,Shijie Jia,Gerald Farrell,Shixun Dai
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2022-01-08
• ISBN : 9789811679414

This book gives an overview on mid-infrared optical glass and fibers laser, it cover the underlying principle, historic background, as well as recent advances in materials processing and enhanced properties for rare earth doped luminescence, spectroscopy lasers, or optical nonlinearity applications. It describes in great detail, the preparation of high purity non-oxide IR glass and fibers to be used as mid-IR fiber laser and supercontinuum sources for optical fiber spectroscopy. It will be useful for academics, researchers and engineers in

• Author : Joyabrata Mal
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2018-04-27
• ISBN : 9780429895258

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the application of chalcogenide nanoparticles (NPs), e.g. Se, Te, CdSe and CdTe NPs, in various industrial sectors including energy, petroleum refining and in the field of biology and medicine. Moreover, due to the high toxicity of chalcogen oxyanions, their release into the environment is of great concern. Thus, emphasis was given in this study on the development of a novel microbial synthesis process of chalcogenide NPs by combining biological treatment of

• Author : Mirtat Bouroushian
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release Date : 2010-04-23
• ISBN : 9783642039676

The author provides a unified account of the electrochemical material science of metal chalcogenide (MCh) compounds and alloys with regard to their synthesis, processing and applications. Starting with the chemical fundamentals of the chalcogens and their major compounds, the initial part of the book includes a systematic description of the MCh solids on the basis of the Periodic Table in terms of their structures and key properties. This is followed by a general discussion on the electrochemistry of chalcogen species,