Physical chemistry of semiconductor materials and processes /
The development of solid state devices began a little more than a century ago, with the discovery of the electrical conductivity of ionic solids. Today, solid state technologies form the background of the society in which we live. The aim of this book is threefold: to present the background physical...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Thermodynamics of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Semiconductor Systems; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Basic Principles; 1.3 Phases and Their Properties; 1.3.1 Structural Order of a Phase; 1.4 Equations of State of Thermodynamic Systems; 1.4.1 Thermodynamic Transformations and Functions of State; 1.4.2 Work Associated with a Transformation, Entropy and Free Energy; 1.4.3 Chemical Potentials; 1.4.4 Free Energy and Entropy of Spontaneous Processes
- 1.4.5 Effect of Pressure on Phase Transformations, Polymorphs/Polytypes Formation and Their Thermodynamic Stability1.4.6 Electrochemical Equilibria and Electrochemical Potentials of Charged Species; 1.5 Equilibrium Conditions of Multicomponent Systems Which Do Not React Chemically; 1.6 Thermodynamic Modelling of Binary Phase Diagrams; 1.6.1 Introductory Remarks; 1.6.2 Thermodynamic Modelling of Complete and Incomplete Miscibility; 1.6.3 Thermodynamic Modelling of Intermediate Compound Formation; 1.6.4 Retrograde Solubility, Retrograde Melting and Spinodal Decomposition
- 1.7 Solution Thermodynamics and Structural and Physical Properties of Selected Semiconductor Systems1.7.1 Introductory Remarks; 1.7.2 Au-Ag and Au-Cu Alloys; 1.7.3 Silicon and Germanium; 1.7.4 Silicon-Germanium Alloys; 1.7.5 Silicon- and Germanium-Binary Alloys with Group III and Group IV Elements; 1.7.6 Silicon-Tin and Germanium-Tin Alloys; 1.7.7 Carbon and Its Polymorphs; 1.7.8 Silicon Carbide; 1.7.9 Selenium-Tellurium Alloys; 1.7.10 Binary and Pseudo-binary Selenides and Tellurides; 1.7.11 Arsenides, Phosphides and Nitrides
- 1.8 Size-Dependent Properties, Quantum Size Effects and Thermodynamics of NanomaterialsAppendix; Use of Electrochemical Measurements for the Determination of the Thermodynamic Functions of Semiconductors; References; Chapter 2 Point Defects in Semiconductors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Point Defects in Ionic Solids: Modelling the Electrical Conductivity of Ionic Solids by Point Defects-Mediated Charge Transfer; 2.3 Point Defects and Impurities in Elemental Semiconductors; 2.3.1 Introduction
- 2.3.2 Vacancies and Self-Interstitials in Semiconductors with the Diamond Structure: an Attempt at a Critical Discussion of Their Thermodynamic and Transport Properties2.3.3 Effect of Defect-Defect Interactions on Diffusivity: Trap-and-Pairing Limited Diffusion Processes; 2.3.4 Light Impurities in Group IV Semiconductors: Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Their Reactivity; 2.4 Defects and Non-Stoichiometry in Compound Semiconductors; 2.4.1 Structural and Thermodynamic Properties; 2.4.2 Defect Identification in Compound Semiconductors; 2.4.3 Non-Stoichiometry in Compound Semiconductors