MSE 5460 - [Compound Semiconductors Materials Science]

(crosslisted) ECE 5570

Fall. Next offered: 2020-2021. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: MSE 2620 or equivalent.

D. Jena.

Course provides comprehensive understanding of compound semiconductors, stressing how differences with Si enable unique applications in electronics, photonics, and thermoelectrics. Materials include group IV (SiGe, SiC), III-V (GaAs, InP, GaN), II-VI (ZnO, CdTe), and layered semiconductors (Bi2Se3, BN, MoS2), and will touch on organic and dilute magnetic semiconductors. Methods of crystal growth, doping, strain control, and fabrication will be discussed. Electronic bandstructure will be used to develop band diagrams of complex heterostructures and nanostructures including quantum wells, wires, and dots. Examples of these materials in electronic, photonic, thermoelectric, and solar cell applications will be used to motivate the materials science.