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  • Fabrication and characterization of thin-film transistor materials and devices

    Creator:
    Hong, David
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    A class of inorganic thin-film transistor (TFT) semiconductor materials has emerged involving oxides composed of post-transitional cations with (n-1)d¹⁰ns⁰ (n≥4) electronic configurations. This thesis is devoted to the pursuit of topics involving the development of these materials for TFT applications: Deposition of zinc oxide and zinc tin oxide semiconductor layers...
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    : Fabrication and Characterization of Thin-film Transistor Materials and Devices. Abstract approved: John F

  • Manufacture and characterization of novel ACTFEL materials and devices

    Creator:
    Bender, Jeffrey P.
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    The aim of this dissertation is to develop non-traditional approaches to alternating-current thin-film electroluminescent (ACTFEL) device fabrication. ACTFEL technology suffers from a lack of adequately bright and efficient primary-color phosphors and cannot presently compete in the low-cost display market. Therefore the research presented in this dissertation focuses on an exploration...
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    materials and low-temperature processing techniques. ACTFEL devices with Zn2GeO4:Mn phosphor layers are

  • Development of oxide semiconductors : materials, devices, and integration

    Creator:
    Chiang, Hai Q.
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    The aim of this dissertation is to develop oxide semiconductors by radio-frequency sputtering for thin-film transistor (TFT) applications. A variety of oxide semiconductors are used as the TFT channel layer, including indium gallium oxide (IGO), zinc tin oxide (ZTO), and indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO). The variety of materials used...
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    each material. With optimized deposition conditions, TFTsbased on these materials ex- hibit excellent

  • Characterization of solution-based inorganic semiconductor and dielectric materials for inkjet printed electronics

    Creator:
    Munsee, Craig L.
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    The long-term goal of this research project is the development of solution-based inorganic dielectric and semiconductor materials for inkjet printed electronics. The main focus of this thesis involves testing of the materials and devices under development. A new solution-based inorganic dielectric material (HfOSO₄), given the name hafsox, is developed and...
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    of the deposited material is likely to occur. Thus, oxides would appear to be a suitable materials

  • Development of Cu-based Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications

    Creator:
    Angelos, Gregory S.
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    CIGS and CdTe based commercial thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) require an absorber thickness greater than 2 µm and 4 µm, respectively, to adequately absorb the solar spectrum. To efficiently extract photoexcited electrons, these TFSCs require relatively defect-free absorbers with high-minority carrier mobility (> 100 cm2V−1s−1) and long lifetime (> 10...
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    material properties of CdTe and CIGS make the investigation of new, non-toxic materials chosen from earth

  • Al-In-Sn-O thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Stewart, Kevin A.
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    The aim of the research undertaken for this thesis was to develop a new high-performance amorphous oxide semiconductor (AOS) for use as a channel layer in a thin-film transistor (TFT). AOS TFTs offer higher electron mobility than the established amorphous silicon based technology. A new channel material comprised of aluminum...
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    material comprised of aluminum indium tin oxide (AITO) was designed and thin films were deposited via

  • Physical vapor deposition of novel thin-film solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Waters, Benjamin E.
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    Current leading thin-film solar cell technologies, i.e., cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), employ elements which are either toxic (Cd), or rare and/or expensive (In, Te, Ga, and Cd). The aim of this thesis is to investigate new, abundant, non-toxic p-type semiconductors for potential solar absorber application....
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    material. 2.1 Introduction to solar cells Since the materials discussed in this thesis apply specifically

  • Novel ACTFEL phosphor development

    Creator:
    Ang, Wie Ming
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    The goal of this thesis is to identify and to explore novel ACTFEL phosphor materials. Several important materials properties relevant to ACTFEL phosphor development are identified. All of these properties cannot be obtained simultaneously. Therefore, several key phosphor materials properties are identified as critical to the development of an ACTFEL...
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    . In order to identify new phosphor candidate materials, chemical trends related to these key material

  • Process development and modeling of thin-film transistors

    Creator:
    Hong, David
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    A class of high-performance thin-film transistor (TFT) channel materials has emerged involving oxides composed of heavy-metal cations (HMCs) with (n-1)d¹⁰ns⁰ (n≥4) electronic configurations. This thesis is devoted to the pursuit of three topics involving the development of these materials for TFT applications: modeling TFT currentvoltage characteristics, an exploratory method for...
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    thin-film transistor (TFT) channel materials has emerged involving oxides composed of heavy-metal

  • Development of high efficiency solar absorbers

    Creator:
    Ravichandran, Ram
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    Current cadmium telluride and copper indium gallium diselenide thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) utilize thick absorbers (2 - 4 μm). For efficient carrier extraction in these TFSCs, the absorber layer requires high carrier mobilities and a long minority carrier lifetime, which necessitates the use of a high purity, defect-free thin film....
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    film. Developing new materials with absorption strengths stronger than those of current materials