How to Use dopant in a Sentence
dopant
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The result suggests that controlling the fate of the dopant after electron transfer could be as important as the initial charge-transfer step.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
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So, a lot of people have tried developing dopants—chemicals that can be mixed in small quantities that change the behavior of the bulk material.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
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Instead of remaining active after transferring an electron, the chemical dopant breaks down, removing its reaction products from the process.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
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Adding chemical dopants to an electrolyte increases the number of available protons but also tends to clog the material’s crystal lattice, slowing proton movement and reducing performance.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2025
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Because the dopants are earth-abundant, the synthesis uses conventional solid-state processing, and no inert atmosphere is required, the approach aligns well with existing gigafactory infrastructure.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
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By replacing toxic dopants and extreme conditions with a naturally occurring molecule and mechanical energy, the researchers have provided a realistic path toward sustainable conductive fillers.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2025
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Density Functional Theory calculations confirmed that cobalt and iron atoms, coordinated through nitrogen dopants, optimize reaction pathways and electron transfer, explaining the high efficiency.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
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These dopants created room-temperature thermoelectric properties that rival conventional inorganic materials.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
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Researchers from Concordia University, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and York University demonstrated the approach using P3HT, an organic semiconductor, and tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane, or BCF, as the chemical dopant.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
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