Amorphous Semiconductors

M. H. Brodsky (auth.), Dr. Marc H. Brodsky (eds.)0387160086, 9780387160085

This expository softcover book surveys the main concepts and recent advances in multiscale finite element methods. This monograph is intended for the broader audiences including engineers, applied scientists and those who are interested in multiscale simulations.

Each chapter of the book starts with a simple introduction and the description of the proposed methods as with motivating examples. Numerical examples demonstrating the significance of the proposed methods are presented in each chapter.

Yalchin Efendiev is a professor at Texas A/M University in College Station, Texas and Thomas Hou is a professor at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

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Table of contents :
Introduction….Pages 1-7
Theory of electronic states in amorphous semiconductors….Pages 9-39
States in the gap and defects in amorphous semiconductors….Pages 41-72
Optical properties of amorphous semiconductors….Pages 73-111
Electronic transport in amorphous semiconductors….Pages 113-158
Luminescence in amorphous semiconductors….Pages 159-187
Spin effects in amorphous semiconductors….Pages 189-213
Short-range order in amorphous semiconductors….Pages 215-250
Doped amorphous semiconductors….Pages 251-285
Amorphous silicon solar cells….Pages 287-329
Recent advances….Pages 331-343