Semiconductor materials are insulators at absolute zero temperature that conduct electricity in a limited way at room temperature. The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities that alter its electronic properties in a controllable way.
Because of their application in devices like transistors (and therefore computers) and lasers, the search for new semiconductor materials and the improvement of existing materials is an important field of study in materials science.
The most commonly used semiconductor materials are crystalline inorganic solids. These materials can be classified according to the periodic table groups from which their constituent atoms come.
List of semiconductor materials
[edit] Group IV
[edit] Group III-V
- III-V ternary semiconductor alloys
- III-V quaternary semiconductor alloys
- III-V quinary semiconductor alloys
[edit] Group II-VI
- II-VI ternary alloy semiconductors
[edit] Group I-VII
[edit] Group IV-VI
- IV-VI ternary semiconductors
[edit] Group V-VI
[edit] Group II-V
[edit] Layered semiconductors
[edit] Others
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