A silicon solar cell with a power conversion efficiency (PCE)of 4% was born in Bell Lab in 1954, seven decades ago. Today,silicon solar cells have reached an efficiency above 25%and achieved pervasive commercial succe...
A silicon solar cell with a power conversion efficiency (PCE)of 4% was born in Bell Lab in 1954, seven decades ago. Today,silicon solar cells have reached an efficiency above 25%and achieved pervasive commercial success [1]. In spite of the steady improvement in efficiency, the interest and enthusiasm in search for new materials and innovative device architectures for newgeneration solar cells have never diminished or subsided;
Advancements in neuromorphic computing have given an impetus to the development of systems with adaptive behavior,dynamic responses,and energy efficiency *** charge-based or emerging memory technologies such as memris...
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Advancements in neuromorphic computing have given an impetus to the development of systems with adaptive behavior,dynamic responses,and energy efficiency *** charge-based or emerging memory technologies such as memristors have been developed to emulate synaptic plasticity,replicating the key functionality of neurons—integrating diverse presynaptic inputs to fire electrical impulses—has remained *** this study,we developed reconfigurable metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors(MOSCaps)based on hafnium diselenide(HfSe2).The proposed devices exhibit(1)optoelectronic synaptic features and perform separate stimulus-associated learning,indicating considerable adaptive neuron emulation,(2)dual light-enabled charge-trapping and memcapacitive behavior within the same MOSCap device,whose threshold voltage and capacitance vary based on the light intensity across the visible spectrum,(3)memcapacitor volatility tuning based on the biasing conditions,enabling the transition from volatile light sensing to non-volatile optical data *** reconfigurability and multifunctionality of MOSCap were used to integrate the device into a leaky integrate-and-fire neuron model within a spiking neural network to dynamically adjust firing patterns based on light stimuli and detect exoplanets through variations in light intensity.
Photoacoustic imaging,an acoustic imaging modality with potentially optical resolution in an optical turbid medium,has attracted great ***,the convergence of wavefront optimization and raster scanning in computational...
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Photoacoustic imaging,an acoustic imaging modality with potentially optical resolution in an optical turbid medium,has attracted great ***,the convergence of wavefront optimization and raster scanning in computational photoacoustic imaging leads to the challenge of fast mapping,especially for a spatial resolution approaching the acoustic deep-subwavelength *** a sparse sampling paradigm,compressive sensing has been applied in numerous fields to accelerate data acquisition without significant quality *** this work,we propose a dual-compressed approach for photoacoustic surface tomography that enables high-efficiency imaging with 3D spatial resolution unlimited by the acoustics in a turbid *** dual-compressed photoacoustic imaging with single-pixel detection,enabled by spatially optical modulation with synchronized temporally photoacoustic coding,allows decoding of the fine optical information from the modulated acoustic signal even when the variance of original photoacoustic signals is *** perform a proof-of-principle numerical demonstration of dual-compressed photoacoustic imaging, that resolves acoustic sub-acoustic-wavelength details with a significantly reduced number of measurements,revealing the potential for dynamic *** dual-compressed concept,which transforms unobtrusive spatial difference into spatio-temporal detectable information,can be generalized to other imaging modalities to re alize efficient,high-spatial-resolution imaging.
All-perovskite tandem solar cells(TSCs) consist of a wide-bandgap(WBG,1.75-1.8 eV) top subcell and a low-bandgap(LBG,1.2-1.3 eV) bottom subcell,exhibit superior power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)compared to single-ju...
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All-perovskite tandem solar cells(TSCs) consist of a wide-bandgap(WBG,1.75-1.8 eV) top subcell and a low-bandgap(LBG,1.2-1.3 eV) bottom subcell,exhibit superior power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)compared to single-junction perovskite solar cells(PSCs).In addition,the advantages of lowtemperature solution preparation and low manufactu ring cost make the all-perovskite tandem solar cells widely concerned,and are considered to be one of the most potential next-generation high-performance thin film photovoltaic *** this perspective,we briefly summarize the state-of-the-art advances in monolithic all-perovskite TSCs focusing on the following aspects:LBG perovskite bottom subcells,WBG perovskite top subcells,and interconnecting layers(ICLs).We then discuss the primary strategies to improve their performa nce and finally highlight the perspective regarding the achievement of efficient and stable all-perovskite tandems.
Achieving high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries requires addressing the challenges associated with the stability of zinc metal anodes,particularly the formation of inhomogeneous zinc dendrites during cycling and...
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Achieving high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries requires addressing the challenges associated with the stability of zinc metal anodes,particularly the formation of inhomogeneous zinc dendrites during cycling and unstable surface *** study introduces a practical method for scattering untreated bulk hexagonal boron nitride（h-BN） particles onto the zinc anode *** cycling,stabilized zinc fills the interstices of scattered h-BN,resulting in a more favorable（002） ***,zinc dendrite formation is effectively suppressed,leading to improved electrochemical *** zinc with scattered h-BN in a symmetric cell configuration maintains stability 10 times longer than the bare zinc symmetric cell,lasting 500 ***,in a full cell configuration with α-MnO2cathode,increased H+ion activity can effectively alter the major redox kinetics of cycling due to the presence of scattered h-BN on the zinc *** shift in H+ion activity lowers the overall redox potential,resulting in a discharge capacity retention of 96.1% for 300 cycles at a charge/discharge rate of 0.5 *** study highlights the crucial role of surface modification,and the innovative use of bulk h-BN provides a practical and effective solution for improving the performance and stability.
Integration of phase-change materials(PCMs)created a unique opportunity to implement reconfigurable photonics devices that their performance can be tuned depending on the target *** PCMs such as Ge-Sb-Te(GST)and Ge-Sb...
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Integration of phase-change materials(PCMs)created a unique opportunity to implement reconfigurable photonics devices that their performance can be tuned depending on the target *** PCMs such as Ge-Sb-Te(GST)and Ge-Sb-Se-Te(GSST)rely on melt-quench and high temperature annealing processes to change the organization of the molecules in the materials’*** a reorganization leads to different optical,electrical,and thermal properties which can be exploited to implement photonic memory cells that are able to store the data at different resistance or optical transmission *** the great promise of conventional PCMs for realizing reconfigurable photonic memories,their slow and extremely power-hungry thermal mechanisms make scaling the systems based on such devices *** addition,such materials do not offer a stable multi-level response over a long period of *** address these shortcomings,the research carried out in this study shows the proof of concept to implement next-generation photonic memory cells based on two-dimensional(2D)birefringence PCMs such as SnSe,which offer anisotropic optical properties that can be switched *** demonstrate that by leveraging the ultrafast and low-power crystallographic direction change of the material,the optical polarization state of the input optical signal can be *** enables the implementation of next-generation high-speed polarization-encodable photonic memory cells for future photonic computing *** to the conventional PCMs,the proposed SnSe-based photonic memory cells offer an ultrafast switching and low-loss optical response relying on ferroelectric property of SnSe to encode the data on the polarization state of the input optical *** a polarization encoding scheme also reduces memory read-out errors and alleviates the scalability limitations due to the optical insertion loss often seen in optical transmission encoding.
Wide field of view and light weight optics are critical for advanced eyewear,with applications in augmented/virtual reality and night *** refractive lenses are often stacked to correct aberrations at a wide field of v...
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Wide field of view and light weight optics are critical for advanced eyewear,with applications in augmented/virtual reality and night *** refractive lenses are often stacked to correct aberrations at a wide field of view,leading to limited performance and increased size and *** particular,simultaneously achieving a wide field of view and large aperture for light collection is desirable but challenging to realize in a compact ***,we demonstrate a wide field of view(greater than 60°)meta-optic doublet eyepiece with an entrance aperture of 2.1 *** the design wavelength of 633 nm,the meta-optic doublet achieves comparable performance to a refractive lens-based eyepiece *** meta-doublet eyepiece illustrates the potential for meta-optics to play an important role in the development of high-quality monochrome near-eye displays and night vision systems.
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(TERS)imaging is a super-resolution imaging technique that features the merits of both surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)and scanning probe microscopy(SPM),such as the high chemic...
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Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(TERS)imaging is a super-resolution imaging technique that features the merits of both surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)and scanning probe microscopy(SPM),such as the high chemical sensitivity from the former and the nanoscale spatial resolution from the *** advantages make TERS an essential nanospectroscopic characterization technique for chemical analysis,materialsscience,bio-sensing,*** probes,the most critical factor determining the TERS imaging quality,are expected to provide a highly confined electromagnetic hotspot with a minimized scattering background for the generation of Raman signals with high spatial *** two decades of development,numerous probe design concepts have been proposed and *** review provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art TERS probe designs,from the working mechanism to the practical *** start with reviewing the recent development of TERS configurations and the corresponding working mechanisms,including the SPM platforms,optical excitation/collection techniques,and probe preparation *** then review the emerging novel TERS probe designs,including the remote-excitation probes,the waveguide-based nanofocusing probes,the metal-coated nanofocusing probes,the nanowire-assisted selective-coupling probes,and the tapered metal-insulator-metal *** discussion focuses on a few critical aspects,including the surface-plasmon-polariton(SPP)hotspot excitation technique,conversion efficiency,working frequency,and *** the end,we review the latest TERS applications and give a perspective on the future of TERS.
As global population rises,accompanied by escalating environmental pollution and climate change,numerous countries find themselves grappling with an acute scarcity of natural freshwater resources^([1]).Seawater desali...
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As global population rises,accompanied by escalating environmental pollution and climate change,numerous countries find themselves grappling with an acute scarcity of natural freshwater resources^([1]).Seawater desalination presents a compelling solution to this looming crisis,especially considering the oceans are Earth’s largest water reservoir^([2]).
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