Nanostructured Super-semiconductors for Energy Efficient Electronics

Abstract:  

The semiconductor industry consumes staggering amounts of electricity annually, surpassing the energy usage of over 100 nations. This immense consumption not only underscores the environmental impact but also generates substantial heat within semiconductor devices, adversely affecting their performance, lifespan, and reliability, posing significant challenges to the advancement of nanodevices. To address these challenges, reducing energy consumption through the use of advanced, energy-efficient technologies has become a priority. Energy-efficient electronics (EEE), enabled by nanotechnology, hold the potential to drastically cut the energy usage of semiconductor devices while simultaneously enhancing their performance. From this perspective, this discussion focuses on recently discovered super-semiconductors which poise to advance EEEs.

Bio:
Dr. Bingqing Wei is the George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering and serves as Director of the Center for Fuel Cells and Batteries at the University of Delaware. Before joining UD in 2007, Dr. Wei was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University 2003-2007. He was a Research Scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center 2000-2003. From 1993-2001, he was a faculty member at Tsinghua University in Beijing.