Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin Film Silicon Science and Technology — 2009: Volume 1153

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

Andrew Flewitt (Edited by), Jack Hou (Edited by), Arokia Nathan (Edited by), Qi Wang (Edited by), Shuichi Uchikoga (Edited by)

9781605111261, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 December 2009

482 pages
23.5 x 16 x 3.5 cm, 0.9 kg

Thin-film silicon materials and their alloys underpin a diverse range of electronic systems, from active matrix flat-panel displays, through solar panels for the 'green-power' generation, to surface micromanaged MEMS devices. Thin-film silicon can possess a diverse range of structures, from being fully amorphous to fully polycrystalline, as well as allowing mixed-phase states, such as micro- and nanocrystalline silicon. Such diversity has made large-area electronics one of the fastest growing semiconductor technologies, although not without introducing some complexity. This book addresses issues related to both fundamental materials science and applied technology and offers an overview of studies on film growth and crystallization, materials characterization, defects, metastability and carrier transport, as well as devices such as solar cells and thin-film transistors. The importance of developing efficient solar cells is reflected in the number of reports that seek to improve lifetime and efficiency, as well as light trapping, in solar cells.

Preface
Part I. Characterization
Part II. Light Trapping in Solar Cells I
Part III. Defects and Metastability
Part IV. Poster Session: Crystallization
Part V. Poster Session: Nanostructured Silicon
Part VI. Poster Session: Solar Cells
Part VII. Novel Device Applications
Part VIII. Film Growth
Part IX. Solar Cells
Part X. Crystallization
Part XI. Light Trapping in Solar Cells II
Part XII. Thin-Film Transistors
Part XIII. Transport
Part XIV. Poster Session: Characterization
Part XV. Poster Session: Film Growth
Part XVI. Poster Session: Defects and Metastability
Part XVII. Poster Session: Novel Device Applications
Part XVIII. Poster Session: Large Area and Flexible Processing
Part XIX. Poster Session: Thin-Film Transistors
Part XX. Film Growth II
Part XXI. Hydrogen in Silicon
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]