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What are potential applications of ZnO in the field of optoelectronics ?

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Photovoltaic cells and light- emitting diodes (LEDs)

Photovoltaic cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) option is correct.

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a wide direct-bandgap semiconductor with \(E_g \approx 3.37\,\text{eV}\) and a very large room-temperature exciton binding energy of about \(60\,\text{meV}\). Both properties make it a natural material for near-ultraviolet and blue optoelectronics.

Because it is transparent in the visible range, ZnO thin films are widely used as transparent conducting electrodes and window layers for photovoltaic cells (CIGS, dye-sensitised and thin-film Si cells). Its strong band-edge emission and radiative recombination make it a candidate for UV/blue LEDs and laser diodes, and ZnO-based heterojunctions have been demonstrated as electroluminescent devices.

Quantum computing, superconductivity, magnetic storage and fuel-cell electrocatalysis are not primary application areas of ZnO. Gas sensing is a real ZnO application but sits under chemical sensing rather than optoelectronics, so the photovoltaic-plus-LED pairing is the correct optoelectronic answer.

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