Growth of Catalyst-Free InN Nanocolumns
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 4447
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Interests: characterization of optoelectronic materials; fabrication of III-V nitrides; photovoltaic devices
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Interests: Light emitting diodes, Characterization of III-V optoelectronic devices
Interests: epitaxial growth of III-nitrides; wide-band-gap materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Indium nitride (InN) has been a potential material for application in a wide class of optoelectronic devices due to its narrow direct band-gap, small effective mass, and high electron mobility. In addition, it is expected to be developed into possible device applications of III-nitride compounds to the whole spectral range, from UV to near-IR while alloyed with AlN and GaN. Considerable progress in device applications has been demonstrated recently, including the fabrication of thin-film transistors, infrared photodetectors, lasers and optical amplifiers, photovoltaic converters, and a number of terahertz-range devices.
However, high-quality InN is the most difficult among III-nitrides, mainly because of its low decomposition temperature and the large lattice mismatch with the common substrates. These factors result in a high concentration of defects and hamper the development of high-performance InN-related devices. As predicted in theory and demonstrated experimentally, one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures allow the growth of high-quality nitride material on various substrates and significantly reduce the density of defects. Catalyst-free and catalyst-assisted methods have been widely used for the synthesis of low-dimensional III-nitrides nanostructures. Submissions to this Special Issue, entitled “Growth of Catalyst-Free InN Nanocolumns,” are welcome in the form of original research papers or short reviews that reflect the state of research on this important subject. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: mechanisms of 1D InN growth, characterization of 1D InN nanostructures, and applications of InN-related nanostructures.
Prof. Dr. Shou-Yi Kuo
Prof. Dr. Fang-I Lai
Dr. Wei-Chun Chen
Dr. Jui-Fu Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Indium nitride
- Nanocolumn
- Catalyst-free
- Optoelectronic device
- Nanostructure
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