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.
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.
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.
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.
CsSnI3 is widely studied as an environmentally friendly Pb-free perovskite material for optoelectronic device applications. To further improve material and device performance, it is important to understand the surface...
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CsSnI3 is widely studied as an environmentally friendly Pb-free perovskite material for optoelectronic device applications. To further improve material and device performance, it is important to understand the surface structures of CsSnI3. We generate surface structures with various stoichiometries, perform density functional theory calculations to create phase diagrams of the CsSnI3 (001), (110), and (100) surfaces, and determine the most stable surfaces under a wide range of Cs, Sn, and I chemical potentials. Under I-rich conditions, surfaces with Cs vacancies are stable, which lead to partially occupied surface states above the valence band maximum. Under I-poor conditions, we find the stoichiometric (100) surface to be stable under a wide region of the phase diagram, which does not have any surface states and can contribute to long charge-carrier lifetimes. Consequently, the I-poor (Sn-rich) conditions will be more beneficial to improve the device performance.
Optoelectronic devices are advantageous in in-memory light sensing for visual information processing,recognition,and storage in an energy-efficient ***,in-memory light sensors have been proposed to improve the energy,...
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Optoelectronic devices are advantageous in in-memory light sensing for visual information processing,recognition,and storage in an energy-efficient ***,in-memory light sensors have been proposed to improve the energy,area,and time efficiencies of neuromorphic computing *** study is primarily focused on the development of a single sensing-storage-processing node based on a two-terminal solution-processable MoS2 metal-oxide-semiconductor(MOS)charge-trapping memory structure—the basic structure for charge-coupled devices(CCD)—and showing its suitability for in-memory light sensing and artificial visual *** memory window of the device increased from 2.8 V to more than 6V when the device was irradiated with optical lights of different wavelengths during the program ***,the charge retention capability of the device at a high temperature(100 ℃)was enhanced from 36 to 64%when exposed to a light wavelength of 400 *** larger shift in the threshold voltage with an increasing operating voltage confirmed that more charges were trapped at the Al_(2)O_(3)/MoS_(2) interface and in the MoS_(2) layer.A small convolutional neural network was proposed to measure the optical sensing and electricalprogramming abilities of the *** array simulation received optical images transmitted using a blue light wavelength and performed inference computation to process and recognize the images with 91%*** study is a significant step toward the development of optoelectronic MOS memory devices for neuromorphic visual perception,adaptive parallel processing networks for in-memory light sensing,and smart CCD cameras with artificial visual perception capabilities.
Perovskite solar cells represent a revolutionary class of photovoltaic devices that have gained substantial attention for their exceptional performance and potential to provide an affordable and efficient solution for...
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Perovskite solar cells represent a revolutionary class of photovoltaic devices that have gained substantial attention for their exceptional performance and potential to provide an affordable and efficient solution for harnessing solar energy. These cells utilize perovskite-structured materials, typically hybrid organicinorganic lead halide compounds, as the light-absorbing layer.
This study examines the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors on economic investment from a statistical perspective, aiming to develop a tested investment strategy that capitalizes on the conne...
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This study presents a comprehensive optimization and comparative analysis of thermoelectric(TE)infrared(IR)detec-tors using Bi_(2)Te_(3) and Si *** theoretical modeling and numerical simulations,we explored the impact...
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This study presents a comprehensive optimization and comparative analysis of thermoelectric(TE)infrared(IR)detec-tors using Bi_(2)Te_(3) and Si *** theoretical modeling and numerical simulations,we explored the impact of TE mate-rial properties,device structure,and operating conditions on responsivity,detectivity,noise equivalent temperature difference(NETD),and noise equivalent power(NEP).Our study offers an optimally designed IR detector with responsivity and detectivity approaching 2×10^(5) V/W and 6×10^(9) cm∙Hz^(1/2)/W,*** enhancement is attributed to unique design features,includ-ing raised thermal collectors and long suspended thin thermoelectric wire sensing elements embedded in low thermal conductivity organic materials like ***,we demonstrate the compatibility of Bi_(2)Te_(3)-based detector fabrication pro-cesses with existing MEMS foundry processes,facilitating scalability and ***,for TE IR detectors,zT/κemerges as a critical parameter contrary to conventional TE material selection based solely on zT(where zT is the thermoelec-tric figure of merit andκis the thermal conductivity).
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