This course introduces basic concepts of the quantum theory of solids and presents ... Energy bands in reciprocal lattice, Energy band structures of metal and insulator, Definition of semiconductor, ...

Semiconductor Physics and Flat Band Potential Semiconductors are materials with electrical properties that lie between those of conductors and insulators. In semiconductors, valence electrons occupy ...

Important material properties can be explained at the level of quantum physics - for example, whether a material conducts electricity or not. Analysing such quantum states has now revealed that there ...

In this module on metal-semiconductor contacts, we will cover the following topics: Device structure, Equilibrium energy band diagram, Electrostatic analysis, Energy band diagram under bias, ...

Techniques for Band Gap Engineering vary, including doping, the introduction of impurities into a semiconductor to alter its electrical properties; strain engineering, where stress is applied to ...

"This perspective was further explored in our recent work on future transistors, where we collaborated with leading experts from the semiconductor ... accounting for energy-band non-parabolicity ...

These materials possess band gaps that are well-suited for solar energy conversion, with absorption coefficients that exceed those of traditional high-performance semiconductors. This discovery ...