As a semiconductor material, gallium oxide is easier to achieve high voltage than silicon (Si), gallium carbide, and silicon carbide materials and has stable performance, so it is a good material to save power. As a semiconductor material, gallium oxide is easier to achieve high voltage than silicon (Si), gallium carbide, and silicon carbide materials and has stable performance, so it is a good material to save power. Read More »

On February 18, the European Commission finally classified inhalable titanium dioxide as a category 2 suspected carcinogen, based on a 2017 proposal. Titanium dioxide, a major player in the field of physical sun protection, is favored by Brands such as ANESSA, FANCL, Citino Doctor, Estine and Kiehl's. Is titanium dioxide really a carcinogen? Titanium dioxide sunscreen for years! Read More »

Cadmium arsenide is a chemical compound of cadmium and arsenic. It is a semiconductor and is used in infrared detectors, pressure sensors, magnetoresistors, and photodetectors. Read More »

Zinc Selenide oxidizes significantly at 300°C, exhibits plastic deformation at about 500°C and dissociates about 700°C. For safety, Zinc Selenide windows should not be used above 250°C in normal atmosphere. Read More »

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a compound built from the elements gallium and arsenic. It is often referred to as a III-V compound because gallium and arsenic are in the III group and V group of the periodic table, respectively. Read More »

Molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) is an inorganic compound of molybdenum and selenium. Its structure is similar to that of MoS2. Compounds of this category are known as transition metal dichalcogenides, abbreviated TMDCs. Read More »

Copper indium gallium selenideCopper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) is a I-III-VI2 semiconductor material composed of copper, indium, gallium, and selenium. The material is a solid solution of copper indium selenide (often abbreviated "CIS") and copper gallium selenide. Read More »

Zinc sulfide​ is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula ZnS. It is the main form of zinc in nature, and zinc mainly exists in the form of the mineral sphalerite. Read More »

Lead telluride is a compound of lead and tellurium (PbTe). It crystallizes in the NaCl crystal structure with Pb atoms occupying the cation and Te forming the anionic lattice. It is a narrow gap semiconductor with a band gap of 0.32 eV. It occurs naturally as the mineral altaite. Read More »

Molybdenum disulfide​ [molybdenum(IV) sulfide, MoS2] is an inorganic compound that exists in nature in the mineral molybdenite. Its crystals have a hexagonal layered structure. Read More »

Niobium diselenide or niobium(IV) selenide is a layered transition metal dichalcogenide with formula NbSe2. Niobium diselenide is a lubricant, and a superconductor at temperatures below 7.2 K that exhibit a charge density wave (CDW) Read More »

Cadmium zinc telluride​, (CdZnTe) or CZT, is a compound of cadmium, zinc and tellurium or, more strictly speaking, an alloy of cadmium telluride and zinc telluride. A direct bandgap semiconductor. Read More »

Antimony Telluride CharacteristicAntimony telluride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Sb2Te3. As is true of other pnictogen chalcogenide layered materials, it is a grey crystalline solid with layered structure. Layers consist of two atomic sheets of antimony and three atomic sheets Read More »

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a stable crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium. It is mainly used as the semiconducting material in cadmium telluride photovoltaics and an infrared optical window. Read More »

GeSbTe (germanium-antimony-tellurium or GST) is a phase-change material from the group of chalcogenide glasses used in rewritable optical discs and phase-change memory applications. Read More »