Compound Semiconductors for Energy Applications and Environmental Sustainability 2011

by Bell, L. Douglas; Shahedipour-Sandvik, F.; Jones, Kenneth A.; Schaadt, Daniel; Simpkins, Blake S.

• ISBN13: 9781605113012
• ISBN10: 1605113018
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-21
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Symposium D, "Compound Semiconductors for Energy Applications and Environmental Sustainability," was held at the 2011 MRS Spring Meeting April 25-29 in San Francisco, California. Compound semiconductors have long been an integral part of everyday life. Many of these semiconductors exhibit direct band gaps that are tailorable over a wide range of energy. This property can be leveraged for many energy-related applications such as efficient lighting, high-efficiency solar cells, and efficient switching. Recent progress on their potential as emitters, sensing devices in biological and chemical environments, and high-efficiency power devices demonstrates their impact on conservation of energy and environment, and on mitigation of climate change. This volume contains reports from internationally known experts on the state of compound semiconductor-based devices with applications to environmental conservation and energy use reduction, challenges associated with realization of such devices, and obstacles to their widespread use.

Table of Contents

Nitrides

Indium gallium nitride on germanium by molecular beam epitaxy

Crack-free III-nitride structures (ïǾ3.5 ïü¡m) on silicon

Comparison of aluminum nitride nanowire growth with and without catalysts via chemical vapor deposition

Enhanced light emission at self-assembled GaN inversion domain boundary

AlGaN channel HEMT with extremely high breakdown voltage

Fabrication and optical properties of green emission semipolar {10-11} InGaN/GaN MQWs selective grown on GaN nanopyramid arrays

CdTe/CdS

Morphology control of copper indium disulfide nanocrystals

Comparative study in thin-film CdTe solar cells with ZnSe/TCO and CdS/TCO buffer layers

Influence of surface preparation on scanning Kelvin probe microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction analysis of cross sections of CdTe/CdS solar cells

CdSxTe1-x alloying in CdS/CdTe solar cells

Influence of annealing in H2 atmosphere on the electrical properties of thin film CdS

CIGS/CIS

Properties of CuIn1-xGaxSe2 films prepared by the rapid thermal annealing of spray-deposited CuIn1-xGaxS2 and Se

I-III-VI2 (copper chalcopyrite-based) thin films for a photoelectrochemical water-splitting tandem-hybrid photocathode

Identification of impurity phases in Cu2ZnSnS4 thin-film solar cell absorber material by soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Kesterites and chalcopyrites: a comparison of close cousins

Impact of thickness variation of the ZnO:Al window layer on optoelectronic properties of CIGSSe solar cells

Fabrication of high efficiency flexible CIGS solar cell with ZnO diffusion barrier on stainless steel substrate

Copper indium diselenide thin films using a hybrid method of chemical bath deposition and thermal evaporation

III-V and Other Materials

The two origins of p-type conduction in transparent conducting Ga-doped SnO2 thin films

DEMUX SiC optical transducers for fluorescent proteins detection

Transmission electron microscopy of misfit dislocation and strain relaxation in lattice mismatched III-V heterostructures versus substrate surface treatment

Structure and photocatalytic property of Bi25FeO40 crystallites derived from the PEG assisted sol-gel methods

Zinc nitride films by reactive sputtering of Zn in N2-containing atmosphere

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