Metal-Induced Crystallization

Metal-Induced Crystallization

by Zumin Wang, Lars H. Jeurgens, Eric J. Mittemeijer
Released January 2015
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9789814463416

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Book description

Crystalline semiconductors in the form of thin films are crucial materials for many modern, advanced technologies in fields such as microelectronics, optoelectronics, display technology, and photovoltaic technology. Crystalline semiconductors can be produced at surprisingly low temperatures (as low as 120 ˚C) by crystallization of amorphous semiconductors, which are put in contact with a metal. This so-called metal-induced crystallization process has attracted great scientific and technological interest because it allows the production of crystalline semiconductor-based advanced devices at very low temperatures, for example, directly on low-cost (but often heat-sensitive) substrates.

This book provides the first comprehensive and in-depth overview of the current fundamental understanding of the metal-induced crystallization process and further elucidates how to employ this process in different technologies, for example, in thin-film solar cells and display technologies. It aims to give the reader a comprehensive perspective of the metal-induced crystallization process and thereby stimulate the development of novel crystalline semiconductor-based technologies.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover (1/2)
  2. Front Cover (2/2)
  3. Contents (1/2)
  4. Contents (2/2)
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1 - Introduction to Metal-Induced Crystallization (1/5)
  7. Chapter 1 - Introduction to Metal-Induced Crystallization (2/5)
  8. Chapter 1 - Introduction to Metal-Induced Crystallization (3/5)
  9. Chapter 1 - Introduction to Metal-Induced Crystallization (4/5)
  10. Chapter 1 - Introduction to Metal-Induced Crystallization (5/5)
  11. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (1/8)
  12. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (2/8)
  13. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (3/8)
  14. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (4/8)
  15. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (5/8)
  16. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (6/8)
  17. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (7/8)
  18. Chapter 2 - Thermodynamics and Atomic Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors at Low Temperatures (8/8)
  19. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (1/11)
  20. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (2/11)
  21. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (3/11)
  22. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (4/11)
  23. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (5/11)
  24. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (6/11)
  25. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (7/11)
  26. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (8/11)
  27. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (9/11)
  28. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (10/11)
  29. Chapter 3 - Diffusion, Crystallization, and Layer Exchange upon Low-Temperature Annealing of Amorphous Si/Polycrystalline Al–Layered Structures (11/11)
  30. Chapter 4 - Metal-Induced Crystallization by Homogeneous Insertion of Metallic Species in Amorphous Semiconductors (1/5)
  31. Chapter 4 - Metal-Induced Crystallization by Homogeneous Insertion of Metallic Species in Amorphous Semiconductors (2/5)
  32. Chapter 4 - Metal-Induced Crystallization by Homogeneous Insertion of Metallic Species in Amorphous Semiconductors (3/5)
  33. Chapter 4 - Metal-Induced Crystallization by Homogeneous Insertion of Metallic Species in Amorphous Semiconductors (4/5)
  34. Chapter 4 - Metal-Induced Crystallization by Homogeneous Insertion of Metallic Species in Amorphous Semiconductors (5/5)
  35. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (1/13)
  36. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (2/13)
  37. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (3/13)
  38. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (4/13)
  39. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (5/13)
  40. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (6/13)
  41. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (7/13)
  42. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (8/13)
  43. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (9/13)
  44. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (10/13)
  45. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (11/13)
  46. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (12/13)
  47. Chapter 5 - Aluminum-Induced Crystallization: Applications in Photovoltaic Technologies (13/13)
  48. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (1/11)
  49. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (2/11)
  50. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (3/11)
  51. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (4/11)
  52. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (5/11)
  53. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (6/11)
  54. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (7/11)
  55. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (8/11)
  56. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (9/11)
  57. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (10/11)
  58. Chapter 6 - Applications of Metal-Induced Crystallization Polycrystalline Silicon for Advanced Flat-Panel Displays (11/11)
  59. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (1/10)
  60. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (2/10)
  61. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (3/10)
  62. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (4/10)
  63. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (5/10)
  64. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (6/10)
  65. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (7/10)
  66. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (8/10)
  67. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (9/10)
  68. Chapter 7 - Laser-Assisted Metal-Induced Crystallization and Its Applications in Data Storage (10/10)
  69. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: Metal-Induced Crystallization
  • Author(s): Zumin Wang, Lars H. Jeurgens, Eric J. Mittemeijer
  • Release date: January 2015
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9789814463416