Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing

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Amorphous

Semiconductors

Past, Present, and Future

Neeraj Mehta

Banaras Hindu University

CONTENTS

3.1 Background of Problem..................................................................................38

3.1.1 Distinction between Crystalline and Amorphous Semiconductors ...40

3.1.2 Analogy between Amorphous and Crystalline Materials.................. 42

3.1.3 Techniques Used to Distinguish between Amorphous and

Crystalline Materials..........................................................................43

3.1.4 Classications of Amorphous Semiconductors..................................