A team of researchers at Peking University claims to have made a breakthrough in chip technology, potentially reshaping the ...

Research path 'born out of necessity' leads Peking University scientists to develop faster, more efficient transistor A team ...

So manufacturers beef up or "dope" the cell's two silicon layers with trace amounts of additives, typically phosphorus and boron. The top, phosphorus-doped layer contains more electrons ...

Scientists have unlocked a new understanding of mesoporous silicon, a nanostructured version of the well-known semiconductor.

A silicon atom has four electrons in its outer shell and bonds tightly with four surrounding silicon atoms creating a crystal matrix with eight electrons in the outer shells. However, phosphorus ...

A solar cell is made of two types of semiconductors, called p-type and n-type silicon. The p-type silicon is produced by adding atoms—such as boron or gallium—that have one less electron in their ...

limited amount of electrons running around, high heat could stop a transistor from working altogether. While still working at Bell Labs in 1950, Teal began growing silicon crystals to see if they ...

From computer chips to image sensors in cameras, today's technology is overwhelmingly based on a semiconductor called silicon ...

Silicon is the best-known semiconductor material. However, controlled nanostructuring drastically alters the material's properties. Using a specially developed etching apparatus, a team has now ...

The key point is that electrons can only pass through the dot ... on a substrate in a bottom-up approach, or burning off silicon in the top layer of silicon carbide crystals in a top-down approach.

However, the vast majority of chips are still made from silicon, which is abundant and cheap. The most important advantage of gallium arsenide is speed. Electrons travel about five times faster in ...

They synthesized a series of silicon nanostructures using an etching technique optimized at HZB and determined the temperature-dependent electrical conductivity and thermopower. Electrons in ...