Interface engineering plays a critical role in improving the performance of Sb2S3 thin-film solar cells based on earth abundant materials. In this work, the introduction of a zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film as an interlayer ...

This study presents an ongoing investigation into the photocatalytic properties of sodium–barium phosphate glass-ceramics containing titanium. These materials were designed within the phosphate glass system and subsequently ...

The Te-NaNO₃-based nanocomposites were synthesized via a hydrothermal method that consists in dissolving of polycrystalline tellurium powder in diluted nitric acid, followed by its subsequent reducing with sodium dithionite. ...

Iron, zinc, and magnesium-based alloys have attracted increasing attention in recent years as biodegradable implant materials. Among them, magnesium and its alloys have emerged as particularly promising candidates due to ...

Chalcogenide glasses of the As–Se system are promising materials for IR photonics due to their wide transmission window, high refractive index and photosensitivity. Silver incorporation is known to enhance nonlinear ...

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) such as MoS2 and WS2 have attracted significant attention as semiconductor thin-film materials for optoelectronics, memristive devices, and energy applications. ...

Metal oxide semiconductors, owing to their versatile electronic properties, are essential materials for a wide range of applications, including photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells, photodetectors, and power electronic ...

Quaternary chalcogenides are complex either crystalline or vitreous materials, four-elements containing at least one chalcogen (S, Se, Te) combined with other elements, offering tunable electronic, optical, thermal and gas ...

Chalcogenide glasses (ChG) are known to exhibit several photoinduced phenomena, both scalar and vectorial, which are associated with photoinduced structural transformations. Laser processing of nanomultilayer (NML) structures ...

These days, a lot of work has gone into designing and controlling the preparation of multifunctional materials to meet the needs of modern technologies. These materials are multi-phase systems where the functional features ...