Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "semiconductor"
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
-
Amide-based Donor-acceptor Polymers for Sensor Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)Organic semiconductors, especially polymerized organic semiconductors, are suitable for manufacturing low-cost electronic products on flexible lightweight substrates through a high throughput roll-to-roll printing process. ... -
Development of Novel Π-conjugated Polymer Semiconductors for Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-20)Bulk heterojunction polymer solar cell (PSC) is a promising photovoltaic technology for clean and renewable energy sources due to its superior advantages such as mechanical flexibility, light weight, low-cost fabrication, ... -
Exploration and Optimization of Tellurium-Based Thermoelectrics: Property enhancements through heavy p-block inclusions and complex bonding.
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)Thermoelectric materials are the only known materials capable of direct conversion of a heat gradient into electricity (Seebeck effect) or vice-versa (Peltier effect). Thermoelectric (TE) devices are comprised of solid-state ... -
Few Hole Quantum Dots in a Gated GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructure
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-24)This thesis presents a set of experiments that explore gate de ned hole quantum dots in the GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. These experiments explore the evolution of the quantum states of holes in a double quantum dot. The ... -
Indium Antimonide Plasmonic Nanostructures for Tunable Terahertz Sources
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-23)In this work, procedures were successfully created and deployed for the development, characterization, and study of indium antimonide nanostructures as well as their terahertz plasmonic response. Using molecular beam ... -
Investigation of Thermoelectric Thallium Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Thermoelectric materials have drawn extensive attention because of their potential to provide assistance in reducing the usage of fossil fuel sources and the greenhouse effect. Throughout this thesis, the purpose was to ... -
Novel Soft Chemistry Synthesis of TiO2 for Applications in Dye–Sensitized Solar Cells and Photocatalysis
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-20)Although the high cost of solar cells prevents them being a primary candidate for energy production, great attention has been paid towards them because of the depletion of the conventional energy sources–fossil fuels–and ... -
Optimization of Tin Selenide Thermoelectric Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-27)The high performance thermoelectric material tin selenide is of notable interest to the field of thermoelectric materials; since breaking the record for being the most efficient thermoelectric material due to the ultralow ... -
Theoretical Studies on Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers for Device Design Guideline
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-27)Terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser (QCL) is the most promising THz light source for the next-generation THz technologies of imaging, spectroscopy, and wireless communication. However, room-temperature operation of THz ... -
Thermoelectric Properties of Materials Based on Double Filled Type-I Clathrates
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-04)Energy consumption is at an all-time high. However, abundant energy is lost as waste heat. Thermoelectric materials are of interest within the scientific community due to their ability to convert waste heat into useful ...