1st Edition
Handbook of Semiconductors Fundamentals to Emerging Applications
This book provides readers with state-of-the-art knowledge of established and emerging semiconducting materials, their processing, and the fabrication of chips and microprocessors. In addition to covering the fundamentals of these materials, it details the basics and workings of many semiconducting devices and their role in modern electronics and explores emerging semiconductors and their importance in future devices.
• Provides readers with latest advances in semiconductors.
• Covers diodes, transistors, and other devices using semiconducting materials.
• Covers advances and challenges in semiconductors and their technological applications.
• Discusses fundamentals and characteristics of emerging semiconductors for chip manufacturing.
This book provides directions to scientists, engineers, and researchers in materials engineering and related disciplines to help them better understand the physics, characteristics, and applications of modern semiconductors.
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Semiconductors: An Introduction
André E. Nogueira, Lucas S. Ribeiro, Francisco G. E. Nogueira, and Juliana A. Torres
2. Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
Mourad Boughrara, Abdelhamid Ait M’hid, and Mohamed Kerouad
3. Types and Properties of Semiconductors
Ajay Lathe and Anil M. Palve
4. Wide Band Gap Semiconductors: Preparation, Tunable Properties, and Applications
K. Ravichandran, S. Suvathi, P. Ravikumar, and R. Mohan
5. Doping Methods and Their Effects
Devi Bala Saraswathi Sethuraman and Chia-Jyi Liu
6. Emerging Materials in Semiconductor Devices
Arpana Agrawal
7. Organic Semiconductor Devices: Materials and Technology
Periyasamy Angamuthu Praveen and Thangavel Kanagasekaran
8. Organic Semiconductors for Electrochemical Energy Applications
Jeffery Horinek, Allen Davis, and Ram K. Gupta
9. Nanotechnology in Semiconductors: Role of Nano-Dimensions and Thin Film Structure
Nasrin Babazadeh, Amir Ershad-Langroudi, Seyed Mehdi Mousaei, and Farhad Alizadegan
10. The Development and Processing of Advanced Low-Dimensional Semiconductors
Xinghui Liu, Shiheng Xin, Fuchun Zhang, and Chunyi Zhi
11. Fundamentals and Advanced Concepts of Microprocessors
Farida A. Ali and Sabita Mali
12. Fundamentals and Recent Advancements in Photodetectors Using Semiconductors
Xi Lin and Xiaoguang Luo
13. Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry
Mohsen Lashgari
14. Semiconductors for Transparent Conductors
Jnanraj Borah, Dipak Barman, and Bimal K. Sarma
15. Semiconductor-based Photodiodes
Adem Kocyigit
16. Semiconductors for Solar Cells
Santosh V. Patil and Kshitij Bhargava
17. Semiconductor Lasers
Shaoteng Wu and Haizhong Weng
18. Light-Emitting Diode
Asmita Poddar, Madhab Roy, and Sanjib Bhattacharya
19. Transistors: Advanced Logic Devices (RAM, Memristors, Gate)
Arpita Roy, Karuna Kumari, and Soumya J. Ray
20. Non-Volatile Memory Devices
Neeraj Mehta
21. Sensors Based on Semiconductors
Alper Durmaz, İbrahim M. Kahyaoğlu, Erdi C. Aytar, and Selcan Karakuş
22. Semiconductor-based Ferroelectrics
Rijith Sreenivasan, Akhila Muhammed, and Sumi V. Sasidharan Nair
23. Role of Semiconductors in Energy Devices
Navid Nasajpour Esfahani, Amir Koohbor, Hamid Garmestani, and Steven Y. Liang
24. Role of Semiconductors in Future Flexible Batteries
Joseph C. M., Vinuth Raj T. N., and Priya A. Hoskeri
25. Semiconductor-based Materials for Water-Splitting Applications
Arnet Maria Antony, R. Geetha Balakrishna, K. Pramoda, and Siddappa A. Patil
26. Copper Oxide-based Semiconductors for Photo-Assisted Water Splitting
Himanshu S. Sahoo, Debasish Ray, Sangeeta Ghosh, and Chinmoy Bhattacharya
27. Role of Semiconductor Materials in Wastewater Treatment
Arpita Paul Chowdhury, K. S. Anantharaju, Subhajit Das, and K. Keshavamurthy
28. Future of the Semiconductor Industry
Sujit Mukherjee, Debmalya Pal, Arunava Bhattacharyya, and Subhasis Roy
Index
Biography
Ram K. Gupta is an Associate Vice President for Research and Support and a Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs, including semiconducting materials and devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production and storage using nanostructured materials and conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffolds and antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 290 peer-reviewed journal articles, made over 420 national/international/regional presentations, chaired/organized many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters (100+), worked as Editor for many books (50+), and received several million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is also serving as Editor, Associate Editor, Guest Editor, and editorial board member for various journals.
