发明名称 AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTOR MEMBER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
摘要 <p>An amorphous semiconductor member includes an amorphous semiconductor material which is formed in a solid amorphous host matrix having structural configurations which have local rather than long-range order and electronic configurations which have an energy gap and a large electrical activation energy, and, added to the amorphous host matrix, a modifier material having orbitals which interact with the amorphous host matrix and form electronic states in the energy gap which modify substantially the electronic configurations of the amorphous host matrix for reducing substantially the activation energy thereof and, hence, increasing substantially the electrical conductivity of the semiconductor member substantially at room temperature and above. The amount of addition of the modifier material controls the range of electrical conductivity, and can be greater than dopant amounts usually used for doping semiconductors. The amorphous host matrix is normally of intrinsic-like conduction and the modifier material added thereto changes the same to extrinsic-like conduction. In one form of the invention, a primarily lone-pair amorphous semiconductor material having orbitals is utilized wherein the orbitals of the modifier material interact with the orbitals of the amorphous host matrix and form the electronic states in the energy gap. In another form, a primarily tetrahedral bonding amorphous semiconductor material is utilized wherein the orbitals of the modifier material, added primarily in a non-substitutional manner, interact with the amorphous host matrix and form the electronic states in the energy gap. In a further form, an amorphous semiconductor material containing boron is utilized wherein the orbitals of the modifier material interact with the amorphous host matrix and form the electronic states in the energy gap.</p>
申请公布号 GB1598949(A) 申请公布日期 1981.09.23
申请号 GB19780019549 申请日期 1978.05.15
申请人 ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC 发明人
分类号 H01L45/00;H01L29/04;H01L31/00;H01L31/04;H01L35/14;(IPC1-7):01L23/54 主分类号 H01L45/00
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