Defect control relies more and more upon advanced fabrication approaches such as the use of slow pulling rates and hydrogen annealing. Gettering techniques remain of key importance in enhancing the device yield.

Defect control relies more and more upon advanced fabrication approaches such as the use of slow pulling rates and hydrogen annealing. Gettering techniques remain of key importance in enhancing the device yield. This volume provides the most up-to-date information for scientists and engineers who are involved in the fields of semiconductor defect physics or materials science. Fundamental aspects, as well as technological problems, which are associated with defects in electronic materials and devices, are addressed. Due to the broad spectrum of topics covered, ranging from theoretical analyses to practical engineering solutions, the present book uniquely and complements others in the field. 1. Keynote Address. 2. Silicon Materials. 3. Gettering Techniques. 4. Oxygen in Silicon. 5. Erbium in Silicon. 6. Radiation Effects in Semiconductors. 7. Dislocations in Silicon. 8. Defect Engineering. 9. Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Devices. 10. Semiconductor Material and Device Diagnostics.

The book includes both fundamental and technological aspects of defects in semiconductor materials and devices, including photovoltaics. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The 74 papers are grouped as follows: I. Defect engineering in silicon solar cells; II. Structural and production issues in cast silicon materials for solar cells; III. Characterisation of silicon for solar cells; IV. Intrinsic point defects in silicon; V. Light impurities in silicon-based materials; VI. Metals in silicon: fundamental properties and gettering; VII. Extended and implantation-related defects in silicon; VIII. Surfaces, passivation and processing; IX. Germanium-based devices and materials; X. Semiconductors other than silicon and germanium; XI. Nanostructures and new materials systems.

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the GADEST 2015: Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology, September 20-25, 2015, Bad Staffelstein, Germany. The 7 1 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Growth of Mono- and Multi-Crystalline Silicon; Chapter 2: Passivation and Defect Studies in Solar Cells; Chapter 3: Intrinsic Point Defects and Dislocations in Silicon; Chapter 4: Light Elements in Silicon-Based Materials; Chapter 5: Properties and Gettering of Transition Metals in Silicon; Chapter 6: Radiation- and Impurity-Related Defect Studies in Silicon and Germanium; Chapter 7: Thermal Properties of Semiconductors; Chapter 8: Luminescence and Optical Properties of Semiconductors; Chapter 9: Nano-Sized Layers and Structures; Chapter 10: Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors; Chapter 11: Advanced Methods and Tools for Investigation of Semiconductor Materials

The book includes both fundamental and technological aspects of defects in semiconductor materials and devices, including photovoltaics. The 74 papers are grouped as follows: I. Defect engineering in silicon solar cells; II. Structural and production issues in cast silicon materials for solar cells; III. Characterisation of silicon for solar cells; IV. Intrinsic point defects in silicon; V. Light impurities in silicon-based materials; VI. Metals in silicon: fundamental properties and gettering; VII. Extended and implantation-related defects in silicon; VIII. Surfaces, passivation and processing; IX. Germanium-based devices and materials; X. Semiconductors other than silicon and germanium; XI. Nanostructures and new materials systems. Review from Book News Inc.: The proceedings for GADEST 2013 contains 84 papers on such matters as defect engineering in silicon solar cells, structural and production issues in cast silicon materials for solar cells, characterizing silicon for solar cells, intrinsic point defects in silicon, light impurities in silicon-based materials, fundamental properties and gettering of metals in silicon, extended and implantation-related defects in silicon, germanium-based devices and materials, semiconductors other than silicon and germanium, and nanostructures and new materials systems.

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 10th International Autumn Meeting on "Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology - GADEST 2003," which took place from the 21st to the 26th of September 2003 at the Seehotel Zeuthen, in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. The Seehotel Zeuthen, near Berlin, was an excellent location at which to provide a forum for interactions between scientists and engineers engaged in the field of semiconductor defect physics, materials science and technology; and to reflect upon aspects of the coming era of conversion from micro-electronics to nano-electronics. In addition, a particular ambition was to strengthen the interactions and exchanges between communities working in the fields of crystalline silicon for electronics and photovoltaics.

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). This proceedings volume contains 126 contributions from the 11th international meeting on Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology GADEST 2005 held at “La Badine” at the Giens peninsula south of France.