Advanced Functional Coatings for Integrative Semiconductor Materials and Devices

下一波光电技术需要具有低制造隐含能量的新材料。对于先进的半导体平台来说尤其如此，我们开始看到组合方法——例如化合物和硅半导体的集成。拟议研究项目的主要目标是研究使用新颖的低能量沉积工艺，如分子气相沉积，用于创造电介质，金属和半导体，用于未来的光电子学。该项目将需要开发新的加工方法和前驱体材料，以及对所得薄膜进行仔细的结构、光学、电学和化学分析。这项研究的潜在应用包括薄膜太阳能电池和光电探测器，以及纳米结构声光器件。研究领域：研究涉及多个工程、物理和化学科学领域，包括先进制造；化学反应（动力学和机理）；电化学科学;以及光与物质相互作用和光学现象。

New materials with low manufacturing embodied energy are required for the next wave of optoelectronic technologies. This is particularly the case for advanced semiconductor platforms where we are beginning to see combinatorial approaches - for example the integration of compound and silicon semiconductors. The key objective of the proposed research project is to investigate the use of novel, low energy deposition processes such as molecular vapour deposition for the creation of dielectrics, metals and semiconductors for use in future optoelectronics. The project will require the development of new processing methodologies and precursor materials, plus the careful structural, optical, electrical and chemical analysis of the resultant thin films. Potential applications of this research include thin film solar cells and photodetectors, and nanostructured acoustic-optical devices. Research Area: The research is relevant to a number of engineering, physical and chemical science areas including Advanced Manufacturing; Chemical Reactions (dynamics and mechanisms); Electrochemical Sciences; and Light Matter Interactions and Optical Phenomena.