Metal oxides attract great interest of enormous research groups because of the broad range of their important technological properties. Particularly, tin dioxide (SnO2) presents itself as one of the promising materials where it possesses various properties suitable for fabrication of different efficient electronics and optoelectronics devices such as transparent conducting electrodes [Mishra R.K. 2012, and Saleh S.A. 2008], solar cells ... إقراء المزيد

Transparent conductive oxide (TCOs) materials still occupy the attention of many scientific researchers because of their important properties including high transmittance and high electrical conductivity. The doping process whether intrin_s_ic or extrinsic materials. For example, elements of Group-III doped ZnO (B,Al,In,Ga) and group IV (Sn,Pb) has led to changes in optoelectronic properties [An H., 2014, Mahmoud W.E.,2011, Bae S.Y.,2005, Lee ... إقراء المزيد

Since the discovery of thermoelectricity by Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770-1831), thermoelectric generators (TEGs) devices have attracted the interest of a lot of scientists due to their unique dual capability of directly converting heat to electricity or electrical power into cooling or heating. Although intensive efforts have been made to produce new materials with enhanced thermoelectric properties, the Bi2Te3 or PbTe ... إقراء المزيد

Low dimensional (0D and 1D) nanoscale semiconducting metal oxide materials have attracted much attention because they have new functional properties and numerous applications [Zirak M. 2014, Comini E. 2013, and Kulyk B. 2010]. Since one-dimensional (1D) cadmium oxide (CdO) such as nanowires (NWs), as an important n-type semiconductor metal oxide, has also widely investigated owing to its potential applications in ... إقراء المزيد

Thermoelectric materials can transform the temperature gradient to electric power or vise versa according to Seebeck effect or Peltier effect, respectively. They are considered as sources of green power, reliable energy converters and have no environmentally harmful fluids, noise or vibrations. Also devices based on this technology can be manufactured in very small sizes, which enable application to very local ... إقراء المزيد

The ability of thermoelectric materials to convert heat directly into electricity, and conversely electrical power into heat or cold, makes them attractive for scientists. They also have other useful features, such as reliability, environmental protection and a long working life, and they do not produce vibrations or noise or have moving parts; consequently, they have a wide range of applications, ... إقراء المزيد

Vanadium oxide (V2O5) and V2O5/Al2O3 mixed oxides have received much attention in recent years due to their optical properties, which make them interesting for various applications such as photocatalysis [Srinivas S.T. 1997, Deo G. 1994, and Kao C.K., 1994], gas sensors, as a window for solar cells, for electrochromic devices [Kumar A. 2008], color filters [Atuchin V.V. 2008], reflectance mirrors, ... إقراء المزيد

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