Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Growth and structure of amorphous silicon; 3. The electronic density of states; 4. Defects and their electronic states; 5. Substitutional doping; 6. Defect reactions, thermal equilibrium and metastability; 7. Electronic transport; 8. Recombination of excess carriers; 9. Contacts, interfaces and multilayers; 10. Amorphous silicon device technology.

Summary

This book describes the properties and device applications of hydrogenated amorphous silicon. It covers the growth, the atomic and electronic structure, the properties of dopants and defects, the optical and electronic properties which result from the disordered structure, and the applications of this technologically very important material.

Product details

• Authors: R. A. Street
• Assisted by: D. R. Clarke (Editor), S. Suresh (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2002
• EAN: 9780521371568
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37156-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 737 g
• Series: Arnold and Caroline Rose Monog
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering