Introduction to Space Charge Effects in Semiconductors

• Main Author: Be̲r, Karl W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 160
• Subjects: Physics.; Computer engineering.; Optical materials.; Nanotechnology.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Electrical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02236-4

This book is the most comprehensive one to describe the basics of space-charge effects in semiconductors, starting from basic principles to advanced application in semiconducting devices. It uses detailed analyses of the transport, Poisson, and continuity equations to demonstrate the behavior of the...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Space Charges in Insulators
• Creation of Space-Charge Regions in Solids
• The Schottky Barrier
• Minority Carriers in Barriers
• Minority Carrier Currents
• Schottky Barrier in Two-Carrier Model
• pn-Homojunctions
• The Photovoltaic Effect
• The Schottky Barrier Photo Diode
• The pn-Junction with Light
• The Heterojunction with Light.