Defects in Functional Materials

The research of functional materials has attracted extensive attention in recent years, and its advancement nitrifies the developments of modern sciences and technologies like green sciences and energy, aerospace, medical and health, telecommunications, and information technology. The present book aims to summarize the research activities carried out in recent years devoting to the understanding of the physics and chemistry of how the defects play a role in the electrical, optical and magnetic properties and the applications of the different functional materials in the fields of magnetism, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic etc.Contents: Studying Properties of Defects (Francis Chi-Chung Ling, Shengqiang Zhou and Andrej Kuznetsov)Defects Physics in 2D Nanomaterials Explored by TEM/STM (Jinhua Hong, Maohai Xie and Chuanhong Jin)Defects in Perovskites for Solar Cells and LEDs (F Biccari, N Falsini, M Bruzzi, F Gabelloni, N Calisi and A Vinattieri)Color Centers in Wide-Gap Semiconductors for Quantum Technology (Y Yamazaki, S Onoda and T Ohshima)Point Defects in InN (Xinqiang Wang and Huapeng Liu)Dopants and Impurity-Induced Defects in ZnO (M Azizar Rahman, Matthew R Phillips and Cuong Ton-That)Ferromagnetism in B2-Ordered Alloys Induced via Lattice Defects (Rantej Bali)Defects-Induced Magnetism in SiC (Yu Liu)Ferromagnetism in ZnO-based Materials and Its Applications (Muhammad Younas)
Readership: Graduate and research students, professionals.Defects;Functional Materials;Optoelectronic Materials;Magnetic Materials;Energy Materials;Single Photon Source;Two-Dimensional Materials;Defects Induced Magnetism;Solid State Electrolytes;Photocatalysis;Indium Nitrate;Silicon Carbide;Zinc Oxide;Iron Aluminide0Key Features:Comprehensive reviews of how defects influence functionalities of different functional materials in different aspectsFirst book summarizing defects and functional materials, and how the defects influence the materials propertiesThe chapters are written by the frontier researchers in the fields