Nanostructured Semiconductor Oxides for the Next Generation of Electronics and Functional Devices

Serge Zhuiykov is a Senior Full Professor at the Department of Applied Analytical & Physical Chemistry of the Gent University Global Campus (GUGC), South Korea. He is also a Director of Centre for Environmental & Energy Research at GUGC, South Korea.

About the author
Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Dedication
1: Electrons and holes in a semiconductor

Abstract
1.1 Order and disorder in semiconductor crystals
1.2 Electrical conductivity of semiconductor crystals
1.3 Mechanisms of n- and p-type conductivity
1.4 The energy spectrum of an electron in an infinite crystal lattice
1.5 The energy spectrum of an electron in a finite crystal lattice
1.6 Statistics of electrons and holes in semiconductors
1.7 Limits of the band theory of semiconductors
1.8 State-of-the-art techniques for characterization of nanostructured semiconductors


2: Structural and chemical modification of semiconductor nanocrystals

Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Vapour-phase material growth
2.3 Solution-phase material growth
2.4 Vertical and horizontal alignment strategies
2.5 Doping of metal oxide semiconductor systems
2.6 Energy harvesting based on semiconductor piezoelectric nanostructures
2.7 Physical electrochemistry of semiconductor nanocrystals
2.8 Structural and electrochemical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals


3: Electronic devices and functional structures based on nanostructured semiconductors

Abstract
3.1 Introduction to novel nanoscale devices from nanostructured semiconductors
3.2 Tunable electronic devices
3.3 Optoelectronics based on nanostructured semiconductors
3.4 Resonators and cantilevers based on nanostructured semiconductors
3.5 Functional structures: carbon nanotubes
3.6 Carbon nanotubes for environmental sensors


4: Two-dimensional semiconductor nanocrystals: new direction in science and technology

Abstract
4.1 Physical and chemical properties of graphene
4.2 The impact of these properties on science and industry
4.3 Chalcogenide semiconductor nano-crystals
4.4 Titanium dioxide nanocrystals
4.5 Molybdenum trioxide nanocrystals
4.6 Tungsten trioxide nanocrystals
4.7 Niobium pentoxide nanocrystals
4.8 Tantalum pentoxide nanocrystals
4.9 Zinc oxide nanocrystals
4.10 Impact of combining two-dimensional semiconductor nanocrystals into three-dimensional structure


5: Composite graphene/semiconductor nanostructures for energy storage

Abstract
5.1 Performance of graphene in lithium ion batteries
5.2 Performance of graphene in electrochemical capacitors
5.3 Prospects of using graphene in lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and electrochemical capacitors (ECs)
5.4 Composite graphene/semiconductor nanocrystals in LIBs and ECs
5.5 Development of three-dimensional conductive networks
5.6 Nanostructured thermopower wave sources


6: Nanostructured semiconductor composites for solar cells

Abstract
6.1 Operating principle of a liquid-junction photovoltaic cell
6.2 Nanostructured semiconductors as solar harvesting materials: strategic potential of inorganic semiconductors in photovoltaics
6.3 Principles of inorganic solid-state nanostructured solar cells
6.4 Structured transparent electron conductors
6.5 Semiconductor quantum dot absorbers
6.6 Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
6.7 Future trends in technological development


7: Nanostructured semiconductor composites for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)

Abstract
7.1 Introduction to materials and designs for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
7.2 Nanostructured cathode materials
7.3 Electrolytes for SOFCs
7.4 Nanostructured anode materials
7.5 Interconnects for SOFCs
7.6 Miniaturisation of SOFCs
7.7 Low-temperature SOFCs
7.8 Toward further performance increase of SOFCs at lower temperatures
7.9 Rational SOFC material design: new advances and tools
7.10 SOFC applications and markets


8: Semiconductor nanocrystals in environmental sensors

Abstract
8.1 Solid-state pH sensors
8.2 Electrochemical dissolved oxygen (DO) sensors
8.3 Conductivity measurements
8.4 Antifouling technologies for solid-state water quality sensors
8.5 Solid-state turbidity sensors
8.6 Solid-state dissolved organic carbon (DOC) sensors
8.7 Solid-state dissolved metal ion sensors
8.8 Future trends


Index