500 V breakdown voltage in β‐Ga2O3 laterally diffused metal‐oxide‐semiconductor field‐effect transistor with 108 MW/cm2 power figure of merit by Nesa Abedi Rik, Ali. A. Orouji, Dariush Madadi

“…Abstract The authors’ present a silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) laterally diffused metal‐oxide‐semiconductor field‐effect transistor (LDMOSFET) with β‐Ga2O3 , which is a large bandgap semiconductor (β‐LDMOSFET), for increasing breakdown voltage (VBR) and power figure of merit. …”
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The Influence of Oxygen Substitution on the Optoelectronic Properties of ZnTe by Imad Khan, Sajid Khan, Javid Iqbal, H. A. Rahnamaye Aliabad, Zahid Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad

“…We also calculate the bandgap bowing parameter from our accurate bandgaps and resolve the existing controversy in this parameter.…”
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A Novel Elastic Metamaterial with Multiple Resonators for Vibration Suppression by Saman Ahmadi Nooraldinvand, Hamid M. Sedighi, Amin Yaghootian

“…In this paper, two models of elastic metamaterial containing one and two resonators are proposed to obtain the bandgaps with the aim of providing broadband vibration suppression. …”
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Theoretical investigation of carbon monoxide oxidation on two-dimensional aluminum carbide by Fatemeh Mamusi, Zahra Zarifnia, Davood Farmanzadeh

“…Density of States (DOS) analysis highlighted that doping alters the electronic properties, with boron reducing the bandgap and nitrogen inducing localized states near the Fermi level. …”
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Effect of Multijunction Approach on Electrical Measurements of Silicon and Germanium Alloy Based Thin-Film Solar Cell Using AMPS-1D by Somenath Chatterjee, Sumeet Singh, Himangshu Pal

“…The top layer has the largest band gap, while the bottom layer has the smallest bandgap. This design allows less energetic photons to pass through the upper layer(s) and be absorbed by the layer below, which increases the overall efficiency of the solar cell. …”
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Four-terminal perovskite tandem solar cells by Muhammad Rafiq, Hengyue Li, Junliang Yang

“…Further, it also emphasizes the advancement of semitransparent wide-bandgap PSCs for TSC applications, tackling important issues and outlining potential future directions for optimizing 4T tandem design performance.…”
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In Situ Measurement of Local Hydrogen Production Rate by Bubble-Evolved Recording by Xiaowei Hu, Liejin Guo, Yechun Wang

“…Hydrogen visibly bubbles during photocatalytic water splitting under illumination with above-bandgap radiation, which provides a direct measurement of local gas-evolving reaction rate. …”
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Different behavior of Nano sheet and Bulk of the hexagonal boron nitride with first principal calculation approach by Abbas FarhadiKoutenaei, Marwa Ali Mahdi, Ali Bahari, Ali Al-Jelif

“…Considering the existence of the low band gap energy between the bottom of the conduction band and the maximum of the valence band, (although the size of the bandgap decreases with the increase in the number of layers), it can be concluded that the samples are semiconductors.Since there is a relationship between refractive index, magnetic permeability, and electrical permeability (magnetic parameters are not discussed in the present work), dielectric function, reflection coefficient, absorption coefficient, and refractive index are also investigated. …”
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Characterization of Layer Number of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Diselenide Semiconducting Devices Using Si-Peak Analysis by Xian Zhang

“…Atomically thin materials such as semiconducting transition metal diselenide materials, like molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) and tungsten diselenide (WSe2), have received intensive interests in recent years due to their unique electronic structure, bandgap engineering, ambipolar behavior, and optical properties and have motivated investigations for the next-generation semiconducting electronic devices. …”
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Polyaniline Supported Ag-Doped ZnO Nanocomposite: Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetics Study for Photocatalytic Degradation of Malachite Green by Fikradis Habtamu, Sintayehu Berhanu, Teshome Mender

“…XRD, UV-Vis, and FT-IR spectroscopy were employed to study the crystal size, bandgap energy, and bond structure of as-synthesized nanocomposites. …”
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First-principles investigation of Ra doping effects on structural, electronic, and optical properties of BaTiO3 perovskite for solar cell applications by Sonia Chahar, Krishna Kumar Mishra, Rajnish Sharma

“…Using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) based on the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) approach, the bandgap energies of pure BaTiO _3 (indirect band 1.61691 eV) and RaTiO _3 (direct band 1.63612 eV) were determined. …”
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AgGaS₂ and Derivatives: Design, Synthesis, and Optical Properties by Guansheng Xing, Bing Chen

“…Silver gallium sulfide (AgGaS₂) is a ternary A^(I)B^(III)X^(VI)₂-type semiconductor featuring a direct bandgap and high chemical stability. Structurally resembling diamond, AgGaS₂ has gained considerable attention as a highly promising material for nonlinear optical applications such as second harmonic generation and optical parametric oscillation. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Sulfide-Aluminium -Platinum Nanocomposites Produced by Coprecipitation Method by A. Durgadevi, K. Dhayalini, M. Ravichandran

“…The optical properties were assessed through UV spectroscopy, which showed that the ZnS nanocomposites displayed a prominent absorption peak in the 295-300 nm range, with the highest absorption at 299 nm, and a bandgap energy of 3.75 eV. This indicates a notable blue shift compared to the spectrum of bulk ZnS. …”
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The prediction of X2B6 monolayers with ultrahigh carrier mobility by Xiuzhi Du, Zhaoming Huang

“…Interestingly, the K2B6 and Rb2B6 monolayers demonstrate a metallic band structure, while the Na2B6 monolayer is a semiconductor with an ultra-narrow bandgap only about 0.42 eV. Then, the ultra-high electron mobility in the Na2B6 monolayer is calculated as about 9942 cm2.V−1.s−1, and the excellent optical performance of the Na2B6 monolayer is also addressed. …”
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Anodized CuO Nanoflakes for the Antibacterial and Antifungal Applications by Niharika MP, B. Manmadha Rao

“…UV–Vis spectroscopy obtained a bandgap ranging between 1.42 and 1.44 eV. The agar diffusion method was used for assessing the antibacterial and antifungal properties. …”
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Scanless laser waveform measurement in the near-infrared by Tran-Chau Truong, Yangyang Liu, Dipendra Khatri, Yuxuan Zhang, Bonggu Shim, Michael Chini

“…Extending the techniques to shorter wavelengths, however, is not feasible using silicon-based detectors with bandgaps in the near-infrared. Here, we demonstrate an all-optical sampling technique for near-infrared laser fields, wherein an intense fundamental field generates a sub-cycle gate through nonlinear excitation of a wide-bandgap crystal, in this case, ZnO, which can sample the electric field of a weak perturbing pulse. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of MgO–CuO–Fe2O3 Nanocomposite: A Study of Its Structural, Optical, and Antibacterial Properties by Adnan Alnehia, Annas Al-Sharabi, Hisham Alnahari, Muhammad Hadi

“…UV-vis spectral analysis indicated two distinct energy bandgaps for the first sample at 3.10 eV and 4.18 eV and for the second sample at 3.44 eV and 2.67 eV, demonstrating a reduction in the optical energy bandgap with increasing temperature. …”
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Solar Driven photocatalysis using CoFe2O4-CNT nanocomposites for degradation of hazardous Rose Bengal dye by Vikas Vikas, Pawan S. Rana

“…UV-Vis. spectroscopy and Photoluminescence (PL) were used to study the optical properties of the samples, indicating that the bandgap of the sample is within the visible range, making it suitable for visible light photocatalysis. …”
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Unveiling the Multifaceted Nature of Sr2FeMoO6 Double Perovskites: Insights into Electronic and Optical Properties by Hajjami Manal, Oublkacem Ali, Benhouria Younes

“…The results of these calculations reveal that the compound exhibits distinct behaviour as a direct bandgap semiconductor for both spin directions. An in-depth analysis of the dielectric function provides crucial insights into the optical absorption characteristics. …”
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Plectranthus barbatus Leaf Extract-Mediated Synthesis of ZnS and Mg-Doped ZnS NPs: Structural, Optical, Morphological, and Antibacterial Studies by A. H. Al-Hammadi, Adnan Alnehia, Annas Al-Sharabi, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Naaser A. Y. Abdu, Waseem Sharaf Saeed

“…The UV-visible results showed that the optical bandgap increased as Mg2+ ions increased, which was in the range of 3.81–4.42 eV. …”
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