Metal Oxide Semiconductors

The recent progress of metal oxide semiconductors and their potential applications in fields such as diodes, transistors, gas sensors, solar cells, photodetectors, and memory devices are reviewed and discussed in detail.

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Prof. Zhigang Zang received his PhD degree from Kyushu University in 2011. He joined School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University as a professor since 2014. His research interests mainly focus on the synthesis of II-VI, III-V semiconductor materials and their applications in solar cells, photodetectors and light emitting diodes. He has published more than 150 papers and has been selected as national important talent plan.

Dr. Wensi Cai received her PhD degree from University of Manchester in 2019. She joined Chongqing University as a postdoc researcher since 2020. Her research interests mainly focus on oxide semiconductor- and perovskite-based electron devices.

Zhou Yong, Ph.D., associate professor, joined the School of Optoelectronic Engineering of Chongqing University in June 2015. At present, the main research direction is to study the preparation of molecular gas sensors for monitoring of the environment, human breathing gas, national defense and anti-terrorism, public security, and industrial production.

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Up-to-date resource highlighting highlights emerging applications of metal oxide semiconductors in various areas and current challenges and directions in commercialization Metal Oxide Semiconductors provides a current understanding of oxide semiconductors, covering fundamentals, synthesizing methods, and applications in diodes, thin-film transistors, gas sensors, solar cells, and more. The text presents state-of-the-art information along with fundamental prerequisites for understanding and discusses the current challenges in pursuing commercialization and future directions of this field. Despite rapid advancements in the materials science and device physics of oxide semiconductors over the past decade, the understanding of science and technology in this field remains incomplete due to its relatively short research history; this book aims to bridge the gap between the rapidly advancing research progress in this field and the demand for relevant materials and devices by researchers, engineers, and students. Written by three highly qualified authors, Metal Oxide Semiconductors discusses sample topics such as:

• Fabrication techniques and principles, covering vacuum-based methods, including sputtering, atomic layer deposition and evaporation, and solution-based methods
• Fundamentals, progresses, and potentials of p-n heterojunction diodes, Schottky diodes, metal-insulator-semiconductor diodes, and self-switching diodes
• Applications in thin-film transistors, detailing the current progresses and challenges towards commercialization for n-type TFTs, p-type TFTs, and circuits
• Detailed discussions on the working mechanisms and representative devices of oxide-based gas sensors, pressure sensors, and PH sensors
• Applications in optoelectronics, both in solar cells and ultraviolet photodetectors, covering their parameters, materials, and performance

• Memory applications, including resistive random-access memory, transistor-structured memory devices, transistor-structured artificial synapse, and optical memory transistors A comprehensive monograph covering all aspects of oxide semiconductors, Metal Oxide Semiconductors is an essential resource for materials scientists, electronics engineers, semiconductor physicists, and professionals in the semiconductor and sensor industries who wish to understand all modern developments that have been made in the field.

  Inhalt
  1 Metal Oxide Semiconductors: State-of-the-Art and New Challenges
  2 Fabrication Techniques and Principles
  3 Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Diodes
  4 Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Transistors
  5 Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Sensors
  6 Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Solar Cells
  7 Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Ultraviolet Photodetectors
  8 Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Memory Applications