Korean researchers revealed that efficiency losses in heterojunction solar cells arise from two coexisting defect types – dangling bonds and weak silicon-silicon bonds. Their findings explain how ...

Abstract: Comprehensive defect simulation in the integrated circuit design stage is the basic guarantee to improve testability, which is also the basic requirement of current automotive-grade chip ...

Tesla is recalling approximately 13,000 recent Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built earlier this year due to a battery pack defect that can result in power loss. In August, Tesla started getting reports ...

About two-thirds of reproductive-aged women in the United States have preexisting modifiable risk factors for birth defects. HealthDay News — About two-thirds of reproductive-aged women in the United ...

Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS) is a highly sensitive, non-destructive method for probing atomic-scale imperfections in a broad spectrum of materials, from metals and ceramics to polymers and ...

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Research from the Chin-Yi University of Technology in Taiwan revealed a novel heater design in the Czochralski silicon crystal growth process that can control and decrease oxygen concentration without ...

ABSTRACT: Flexible polymer-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) offer promising potential for lightweight, cost-effective and versatile photovoltaic applications. However, the critical challenge ...

Solid-state spin defects are promising platforms for quantum sensing and simulation. Although their spin degrees of freedom have been extensively studied, their charge states are also of critical ...

Monitoring the charged defect concentration at the nanoscale is of critical importance for both the fundamental science and applications of ferroelectrics. However, up-to-date, high-resolution study ...