Contents of the Course

This course provides a general overview about the electrical and optical properties of semiconductors and their application in devices such as diodes, solar cells and transistors. The following topics will be covered:

  • Elementary Properties of Semiconductors
  • Crystal Structure
  • Energy Bands
  • Semiconductor Statistics
  • Charge Transport
  • Excitations and Optical Properties
  • Contacts and Interfaces
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Amorphous Inorganic Semiconductors
  • Organic Semiconductors

Chat Room

For discussions (and to clarify questions you might have) there is a chat room at
https://meet.physik.fu-berlin.de/#/room/#scp_wise_24_25:physik.fu-berlin.de
If you have problems getting access to the room, please send me an email.

Literature

  • S.M. Sze: "Physics of Semiconductor Devices" (2nd Edition, Wiley, 1981)
  • Karlheinz Seeger: "Semiconductor Physics" (9th Edition, Springer, 2004)
  • Peter Y. Yu, Manuel Cardona: "Fundamentals of Semiconductors" (4th Edition, Springer, 2010)
  • A.J. Heeger, N.S. Sariciftci, E.B. Namdas: "Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers" (Oxford University Press, 2010)