The book is written by two semiconductor physicists, who as experimentalists have used
spectroscopic techniques throughout their entire careers. The main goal of their work has …

Photoconductivity is defined, and the importance of electrical contacts are highlighted by
examining the origin of the dark current flowing through a photoconductor. The Shockley …

In this chapter, we present characterization techniques based on the uniform illumination of
photoconductive semiconductors with monochromatic light. Among these techniques, one is …

In this chapter, we detail photoconductivity techniques based on the illumination of a sample
in a coplanar electrode configuration with a light intensity periodically modulated in space …

Recent technology advancements in photovoltaics have enabled crystalline silicon (c-Si)
solar cells to establish outstanding photoconversion efficiency records. Remarkable …

We solve the general equations for a semiconductor of photoconductivity dominated by one
type of carrier and obtain two pairs of analytical formulas for a density of state (DOS) …

Thin film semiconductors are more and more the major components of solar devices.
Nevertheless, these materials are still the subjects of intense research to improve their …

In this paper we present a complete theoretical analysis of the oscillating photocarrier
grating (OPG) method, starting from the generalized equations that describe charge …

Modulated photoconductivity has proved to be an excellent tool to probe the density of states
of semiconductors. However, though a great deal of attention has been devoted to the high …

The steady-state photocarrier grating (SSPG) experiment is a popular technique for
extracting the minority carrier diffusion length of photoconductive thin films in coplanar …